Eliot Fitzharding, Duke of Guilford, once visited Penny House to enjoy the games of chance. Now he finds that his heart beats faster- not at the turn of a card, but at the thought of matching wits with Miss Amariah Penny, the fashionable club's proprietress. Amariah, a clever copper-haired beauty, enjoys Fuilford's company as well...perhaps too much. If only he were not so wickedly attractive! When an unknown gambler accuses Penny House of harboring a cheat- and threatens violence if the man is not expelled- Guilford comes immediatly to Amariah's rescue. But as the two of them race to sheild Penny House from the rumors, they risk becoming an item of choice gossip themselves...