Lady Viola Winspears parents are missing in a sandstorm in Egypt and she must secure a proposal, preferably from the wealthy catch of the season, to save them. If she fails, her only chance to keep her siblings from starvation will be to risk everything, even if it means dressing as a man and playing poker in a gaming hell.
Lord George Amhurst, the Earl of Romney, must marry by his thirtieth birthday. Grimly determined to fulfil the promise to his mother in order to return to his explorations in Africa, he attends a ball where he is intrigued while dancing with Lady Viola. She is unlike all the others, and his hopes rise—until he later discovers her dressed as a man and winning at poker in a gaming hell.
What sort of earl would still consider her a suitable countess?
