Lady Madalene Kay doesn't fit into the mold of the ton, so has declared herself finished with Society...

After getting her heart broken, she becomes a spinster and a teacher at St. John's School for Girls in Bath.

She'll go where her mission for good takes her... even if that place is in the lair of a villain.

Marshal Pengross had been called many things, but the title of murderer was what had him thrown in jail.

Accused of his father's death, he suffered a short imprisonment before he'd been cleared of the charges.

Sadly, he'd been left to bear a scar that rendered his face ugly.

The only gift in life that he'd been able to keep was his daughter Lilias, and he's not willing to let her go.

But in less than a day, Madalene finds that the earl, though quick to anger, is not who everyone claims him to be...

They're both unconventional, but can an improper lady and a beast of an earl learn to trust again?