Haunted by his father’s sins, Sebastian Montgomery, Ninth Duke of Davenport, vows never to fall in love or marry. Until... He encounters Gwendolyn MacAlistair and soon she is all he can think about. Sebastian wants her. As he learned from his father, what a Duke wants, a Duke takes. However … Gwen’s father has arranged for her to marry a man she despises, the very man that destroyed her family. As she struggles with a desperate choice... honor her dying father’s final request or alienate him by choosing her true love, Sebastian is forced to make a desperate decision … trick Gwen into marriage or lose her forever. Sebastian and Gwen must confront the consequences of their actions and a secret so scandalous that it threatens to destroy all they hold dear. In this dangerous dance with deception, who will die for love?