Dorothea Harper is about to become a kept woman. Tonight. She's suffered potatoes for sustenance and the groping advances of her weasel-faced landlord long enough. For the right man, she'll willingly trade her body for a full stomach and a warm bed.

Lord Tremayne is in the market for a new mistress and decides the delicate, refined "Thea" is the woman to ease his body's demands. But she's a mystery — one moment she's on fire, the next she's reserved and Tremayne wonders if having her at his disposal is worth the effort of tempering his desire.

Dorothea couldn't have fathomed all he would make her feel…or long for. While he shares her bed, he remains aloof. Can she guard her heart, or is it already too late?