When Iphiginia Bright discovered that her beloved aunt Zoe had fallen victim to a sinister blackmailer, she jumped at the chance to help. And her plan—to lure the villain into the open by posing as the latest paramour of the notorious Earl of Masters, a man rumored to have disappeared at the hands of the blackmailer—was nothing short of inspired. But in the midst of a glittering ball, surrounded by ardent admirers, the newly transformed Iphiginia would suddenly come face to face with the last man she ever expected to meet: the darkly sensual Earl of Masters himself. And now, the intrepid poseur is in even more danger, as she battles the blackmailer and a totally unexpected threat to her heart... for Marcus Cloud is not only devastatingly seductive—he's determined to make this beautiful deceiver his own.