Unfamiliar with London society and disliked by certain members of the ton for her out-dated fashion sense and independent ways, Lady Olivia Warren is reluctant to attend her former fiancé’s wedding festivities without an escort. Determining that the best course of action is to transform a commoner into a handsome Viscount visiting from far in the north, Olivia approaches a handsome stranger in a seedy London pub. The stranger who agrees to her plan, however, is actually Remington Marshall, the Duke of Milford, one of the season’s most eligible men on the marriage mart.
A second son who recently inherited the title, Remy was a former spy for the British during the Napoleonic Wars. Disguised as a commoner, he is actually investigating the disappearance of a blackmail journal that contains information about his dark past. His trail had gone cold until he met Lady Olivia and realized that the woman propositioning him was also mentioned in the journal. Maintaining his disguise, he agrees to Olivia’s plan and travels with her to her seaside home in Brixham, where he undergoes her “gentleman training” to try to create the perfect man.
Though he tells himself that she is simply a lead in his investigation, Remy cannot deny the attraction that builds between him and the woman who has employed him. And, though she tries to fight it, Olivia finds herself falling for a most unsuitable man; for she does not know that he is actually A Duke Disguised.