Lady Georgiana Whitmore has refused every suitor across six Seasons, and neither her matchmaking mother, her overprotective brother, nor the rake in her long-held fantasies knows why.
After a man broke her trust at eighteen, she swore she would never let anyone that close again, yet a house-party wager puts her beside Viscount Ashworth for a fortnight and she decides to take Louis Prescott's body without offering her heart.
Louis has perfected not caring: his mother abandoned him at seven, his father taught him that love is a fool's wager, and women pass through his life without staying.
When his best friend asks him to look after Georgie, he agrees at once, until she climbs into his lap and their secret arrangement starts pulling down every wall he has built.
The fortnight was meant to end without feelings, but the man who once shattered Georgie arrives among the guests, threatening to ruin her or prey on another innocent,
and shielding his best friend's sister may force Louis to risk the love he swore he would never feel—especially if her brother discovers them.
