Simon Frederick Cynster is looking for a mate to suit his specific desires - a perfect lady by day...and a wanton lover by night.

But Simon is not about to broadcast his search to the entire ton and run the risk of every dowager foisting their flighty charges upon him. Instead, he carefully begns his search at a house party at Glossup Hall and is astonished when wilfully independent Portia Ashford immediately captures his interest.

He's known Portia since childhood and certainly never considered her a potential wife...until an unexpectedly heated kiss changes his mind forever. But as they begin to explore the depths of their passion, a shocking event occurs, one that puts Portia in deadly peril.

Does Simon have the power and the influence to protect his once and always perfect lover?