He could marry her - or ruin her! London, 1814. Lord Hawksmoor is the Lord of Scandal - celebrated by the pampered and paupers alike! Scandalous and seductive, Hawksmoor is a notorious fortune hunter. A man women want to bed - and men want to do away with. Now he has tasted the woman of his dreams, Catherine Fenton, and he will do anything to make her his.Though heiress to eighty thousand pounds, Catherine is trapped in a gilded cage, and bound to a man she detests. The ton has woven a fantasy around Ben, Lord Hawksmoor, that any woman would find hard to resist, but she senses there is more to the man behind the glittering facade.She believes he can rescue her - but has she found herself a hero, or made a pact with the devil himself?