The Viscount Marlow's got a reputation for wildness and wicked behavior. He's earned the nickname "Mad Marlow" through years of determined vice, but now he's in love with his friend's sister, the glitteringly pure Lady Rosalind. She's kind, polite, obedient, and well-respected—in short, everything he'll never be. Whispered promises and a secret kiss lead to a marriage proposal, one her protective parents dismiss out of hand.

That should be the end of their provocative love affair, but instead, it's the beginning of a journey fraught with deceit and danger, and passionate disciplinary sessions for a young woman Marlow fears he'll never deserve...