Louisa, the oldest and most beautiful of Warwick sisters, is determined to stay a spinster. She has a talent for driving away every possible suitor. What no one knows is why she detests so much the idea of a man touching her. Jerome Cooper, the illegitimate son of the Duke of Leinster, receives an ultimatum from his sick father; marry a noble lady and produce an heir to have a chance to inherit the Duke’s title.
Louisa didn’t imagine that she would faint in the arms of Jerome, the ruthless businessman who was courting her sister. Neither that she wouldn’t hate his hands on her body. But when the man who is responsible for her nightmares reappears, Louisa will seek solace in the only man who doesn't frighten her. And marriage with Jerome seems now her only option. Can Louisa accept Jerome’s motive for marriage? And how will Jerome secure an heir with a wife who doesn’t want to lay with him? His touch is her solace; her love is his freedom…