Lord Westwood's sensual appetites are boundless. Lady Harriet's culinary skills are heavenly. But she's sworn off men. Can he bring some much-needed spiced to her life?

After weathering one philandering husband, Lady Harriet has no desire to wed again. She is happily independent, having inherited her late husband's share of a West Indies spice company. Lord Westwood, who founded the company, is at his wit's end. Lady Harriet has been selling off her shares to help her neighbors, until he is nearly ruined. He plots to win them back.

But Elias's extraordinary gifts of smell and taste — so useful in judging fine spices — prove his Achilles's heel. He cannot resist Lady Harriet's culinary creations, or her feminine charms. When she maneuvers him into masquerading as her fiancé for the Season, he never plans on falling in love...