It is whispered behind the fans of London s dowagers and in the corners of the fashionable ballrooms that scandal follows wilfully wild Lady Beatrix Lennox wherever she goes. Three years earlier, the debutante created a sensation by being found in a distinctly compromising position. Now the ton has branded her as unmarriageable, her family has called her a vixen, and Beatrix sees no reason not to go after what - and who - she wishes.And she wants Stephen Fairfax-Lacy, the handsome Earl of Spade. Beatrix, with her brazen suggestions and irresistibly sensuous allure, couldn t be more different from the earl s ideal future bride. Yet Beatrix brings out a wildness in him that he has tried to deny for far too long. Still, he s not about to play love s game by Lady Beatrix s rules. She may be used to being on top in affairs of the heart, but that will soon change.