A dashing new neighbour Temptation on her doorstep! To avoid an unwanted suitor at a ball, Hope Brookes asks another gentleman to rescue her. He obliges with a surprisingly passionate kiss! Revealed as her sinfully handsome new neighbour, Lucius, Marquess of Thundersley, they forge a friendship over their balconies. It s refreshing that Lucius is more interested in her writer dreams than her looks, so why can t she stop thinking about that kiss?