After six fruitless London seasons, Lady Lydia Winthrop has resigned herself to marrying the perfectly adequate local vicar. Armed with her books, piano, and loved ones, she is determined to make a happy life with the man of her family’s dreams.

Until Gabriel D’Aeth, the new Earl of Chatham, returns to Dorset, stirring memories of their long-ago Christmas Eve kiss. Lydia can’t commit to a faithful marriage until she manages her unruly interest in the wicked earl. Fortunately, she has a plan…

When his uncle stole the woman he thought he loved, Gabo fled his family estate in a blaze of misery—but not before indulging in a smoldering Christmas Eve kiss with the innocent debutante next-door, the lovely Lady Lydia. After years of debauchery, Gabo has returned as the new Earl of Chatham, ready to settle old scores. Yet his homecoming forces Gabo to confront that same meek debutante turned stunningly appealing woman and her tantalizing request: lessons in the sexual arts before her marriage to another. Revenge can wait a week with a bargain this salacious.

Now the worst rake in London and Dorset’s most respectable spinster are headed for an illicit holiday escape before they return to their ordinary lives. Four nights of pleasure will certainly be enough to exhaust their inconvenient attraction.

They couldn’t possibly want more than that.

Could they?