Lord Rannulf Bedwyn is a hard man to resist. To Judith Law Rannulf is simply a dream come true a heroic stranger with whom she will allow herself one night of reckless passion before she must settle for the dreary life of companion to her wealthy aunt. However a shock is in store for her when that same stranger arrives at Harewood Grange to woo her cousin. Judith holds firm against Rannulfs advances both honourable & otherwise. But then scandal rocks the household & threatens her name & her very liberty & it is Rannulf who rides to her rescue. But can true love grow out of something ever so slightly wicked?