The last thing bachelor Christian Forester, Viscount Berkeley, expected to find in his distant hunting lodge was a lovely girl sleeping peacefully in his chambers. The last thing Lady Sarah Highgate, who had run away from an unwanted suitor, could have expected was for an attractive stranger to take her in for a tramp and a thief. And even more so, neither Christian nor Sarah could imagine what their agreement would lead to, according to which the Viscount helps the lady return to London without raising a scandal, and she turns this rude man into a desired prize for the most sophisticated brides. But who can assume anything if love intervenes in the matter?..