Serena Prentice's only hope for happiness is to learn to seduce her indifferent husband-to-be, the devastating attractive Rayne Talbot. Unfortunately, since he is being forced to marry her, Rayne wants nothing to do with her. Desperate, she plots a visit to his rumored mistress, the beautiful Countess Van Herold, only to find herself seduced instead, the experience awakening an unexpected sensual side to her nature she never dreamed existed.
Rayne cannot decide if he is intrigued or outraged at the thought of his former mistress tutoring his innocent young bride in the art of carnal pleasure, until he yields to his growing curiosity and takes her to bed himself. Blackmailed into the unwanted marriage, he is surprised to find himself captivated by Serena's loveliness and her uninhibited sexual abandon. Exploring together a world of unbridled pleasure, Serena and Rayne find that their unlikely union might just be a match made in heaven, after all.