***A rake and a lady. An unlikely friendship that leads to desire and a plan that will go completely wrong…* ** Lady Esther Bowen experienced one of the worst kinds of heartbreaks when her betrothed broke off their engagement. **By keeping the real reason for their break up a well-guarded secret, she is faced with all kinds of speculations from her family and gossip from the ton**. Regardless of her pain, Esther cannot let go of the man she loved, and just when all hope of being with him again is lost, a Duke with a tarnished reputation and questionable motives enters her life. Stefan Hamilton, the infamous Duke of York, has been living a life of sin. **Handsome, fun-loving and devious, he will stop at nothing to satisfy his desires, without caring over scandals that followed him everywhere**. But when he saves a dignified and heartbroken lady from the waters of a river, he will decide to impose on her affairs and help her win back the love she lost. **Can she trust someone with so many secrets of his own? And what is the plan of this sinister Duke?** *She was meant to steal the heart of another, instead, she stole his…*