Grace Fairchild is not beautiful. She has few social graces, having spent her life following the drum with her father. Diccan Hilliard is society's premiere bachelor. Suave, elegant and witty, he barely notices Grace exists....until she wakes in his bed, naked. The situation might have been orchestrated by Diccan's enemies, but the outcome is the same. Marriage. Now the two most mismatched people in the ton will have to learn to live together  as they seek the traitors who seek to overthrow the throne.

Her Grace, Lady Kate Gilbey, Duchess of Murther, is a law unto herself. The ludicrously young Dowager Duchess is beautiful, outrageous and outspoken. She could seduce any man to do her bidding. Except for one. Sir Harry Lidge, the man who once failed her and now hates her as much as she hates him. So when he is charged to protect her from a band of traitors, it is only a matter of time before sparks fly.