A cold-hearted Duke. A forgotten wallflower. And a contract that could burn them both.
Benedict Sterling, the Duke of Ravenwood, is a man carved from ice. Haunted by a father's alleged treason and a name dragged through the London mud, he has spent a decade building a fortress of logic and ledgers. He doesn't want a wife; he wants a strategic asset.
Rosalind Thorne is a ghost in a silk gown. For six years, she has survived on the fringes of the ton, hiding her father's ruin and her own brilliant, dangerous mind. But when Benedict discovers a debt that links their families, he offers her a choice: the Tower of London, or a marriage of cold utility.
