A lady's dream. Lady Eleanor Villiers swears she'll never accept the indignity of a marriage arranged by her heartless father. Better to dwell in a world of romantic fantasy where someday a handsome stranger will come to her rescue....

A Lord's love. Addison Weare, the Earl of Litchfield, is a man in need. Deprived of a loving childhood, he chases happiness in every scandalous pursuit London has to offer. Until the day he comes to the aid of a lovely lady in distress...

But Eleanor's first sweet kisses of love are turned to tears when she learns the earl has "won" her in a game of chance. Now he must convince the first woman he's ever loved that he's not a callous cad seeking amusement, but the one destined to turn her dreams to reality