A cynical rake joins a sinister game of cards with dangerously seductive stakes. Abandoned by her highborn father --until he decides to use her--Mademoiselle Camille Marchand puts no trust in an aristocrat's honor, especially that of the notorious Kieran, Baron Rothewell. She too is gambling--for her life--and Rothwell is just one more card to be used. But whatever dark desires run through his veins call to her own, and the heart plays its own game...

Thirteen years after eloping with Merrick MacLachlan, who then abandoned her during their honeymoon, Lady Madeleine Bessett encounters Merrick again in London and attempts to hide a secret from him that could ruin her life.