It's been three years since Lady Sarah Caversham set eyes on arrogant Charles Lennox - the husband her father chose for her to settle a gambling debt. Now Charles has returned, unaware that the innocent ingenue he wed is determined to turn their marriage of convenience into a blissfully passionate affair...Louisa March's new husband, Nicholas, is a perfect gentleman in bed - much to her disappointment. She longs for the kind of fevered passion found in her beloved romance novels. But when she dares him to seduce her properly, she discovers that Nicholas is more than ready to meet her challenge, over and over again...Sensible bluestocking Prudence Thorn has been too busy keeping her cousin Sophy out of trouble to experience any adventures of her own. But when Sophy begs Prudence's help in saving her marriage, Pru encounters handsome, worldly Darius Shaw. And under Darius' skilled tutelage, Pru learns just how delightful a little scandal can be...