When a mathematician seeks the aid of a rake, things may not go to plan… A fun, extra-steamy, utterly scandalous, romantic holiday novella. Spinster Lady Luella (Ella) knows a lot about mathematics but is completely out of her element when it comes to men. To right a terrible wrong, she has until the Christmas ball to learn as much as she can about the art of seduction. Determined to enlist the help of an expert, she has set her sights on a handsome stranger who frequents the notorious pleasure club, L’Anonyme. Lewis, Duke of Ansford, wants nothing to do with Christmas, the woman who stole her way into his cab, or her mad plan. A winter storm has stranded her in his home. All he wants is peace and solitude during the holiday. Not a woman who disrupts his tranquility—and a mutual attraction that burns white-hot. Keep the smelling salts nearby. Previously published in Duke in a Box.