The Duke of Baxter loves wielding his power. He loves everything about being a duke, especially making people do as he pleases. He's used to getting his way. Perhaps too used to it. So, when he meets a fiery young woman one night, a woman who refuses to do a damned thing he says, he's certain he's met his match. Cymbeline Briarwood is in the middle of her first season and is reveling in it! Being a member of the Briarwood family, she has no intention of giving in to convention. Still, try as she might, she just can't find the man for her, until she meets the Duke of Baxter. She is certain that he might be the only man in London for her. Some passion, however, burns too intensely, leaving everyone scorched in its wake. Will their passion for each other prove a perfect love or a perfect path to destruction?