She was a tempest in silk, untamed and unyielding. He was a debt collector with a title and a heart he swore he would never surrender.
When the proud and fiery Miss Eliza Hargrave refuses all suitors and laughs in the face of marriage, her father's growing debts bring doom to their once-noble household. The young and enigmatic Earl of Blackthorn offers a solution: the debts cleared - in exchange for Eliza's hand.
But when her father refuses to force her, the Earl takes matters into his own hands. One moonless night, Eliza vanishes, spirited away to the Earl's remote hunting lodge.
What begins as captivity soon turns into a dangerous game of passion, power, and pride. But in a world where reputation is everything, surrendering to desire could destroy them both.