If the truth comes out... There will be scandal! Part of Those Scandalous Stricklands: Hope Strickland must find the lost items of her family's estate. Mysterious Gregory Drake, expert at fixing the problems of the aristocracy, is hired to help. As they embark on the search Hope finds herself drawn to the handsome stranger. He may not be a gentleman but Hope's tempted to put aside her marriage prospects for a forbidden night – in Gregory's bed!