Lady Portia North is in love with her brotherโs friend. She fell in love with him when she first met him years earlier and hasnโt been able to set those feelings aside. Heโs always been kind to her, but nothing remotely amorous. Sheโs already had three seasons, and turned down several proposals. If she doesnโt let go of her dream of the Earl of Lyonsdale, sheโll end up a spinster.
Harrison Brooks, the Earl of Lyonsdale is tired. He no longer wants to be the rogue the ton expects him to be, and he certainly has no wish to spend his nights with all the different women offering themselves to him. They hold no appeal to him, and havenโt for quite some time. There is one lady he desires, but she isnโt one that he can have for one night and abandon. If he did her brother would certainly thrash him or moreโฆ No, he canโt have Portia, though he wants her more than heโs ever desired any woman.
One night theyโre stranded together, and the passion theyโve both held at bay comes crashing over them. It is a night Portia will never forget, but is it enough for her to finally dissolve her love for the earl or will he instead demand that she be his forever.