Handsome Merrick St. Magnus was known in London's high society as a rake and seducer of women. The youngest son of the marquis was not entitled to an inheritance; the eldest son would receive the title and fortune. Not wanting to depend on his father, Merrick earned his own livelihood. He despised marriage of convenience, and could not marry for love due to lack of wealth, and he did not believe that he could seriously fall in love. I didn’t believe it until I met Lady Elix Bourke, a highly unusual girl who did not like noisy society, was indifferent to the clothes and entertainment of London society and did not want to get married. Merrick was so carried away that he did not have time to come to his senses when he found himself in the very center of a whirlpool of passion, but he only intended to awaken sensuality in the beautiful recluse...