To avoid bloodshed, she can only meet him in secret.

Miss Chloe Ashcroft is the youngest of Lord Ashcroft’s daughters, yet, she doesn’t hold back when the notorious Lord Peregrine Bloodstone arrives at her family’s ball. His reputation as a scandalous libertine does not take away from the fact that he is the most attractive man Chloe has ever seen and, when their eyes meet, she feels that she has found the love of her life.

However, Lord Bloodstone proves to be an even worse rake than people suggested, and Chloe has more than one suitor who desires her. To make things more complicated, Lord Bloodstone’s best friend lays his heart at Chloe’s feet, and the young girl knows that, after having flirted with the Lord whose nickname is “The Dashing Blade,” her new suitor might end up soaked in blood!

As Chloe tries to approach this riddle, new facts about Lord Bloodstone’s turbulent childhood come up, making Chloe wonder if behind his intimidating demeanor she could find a wounded heart. Thinking that she might have been wrong, Chloe decides to hold secret meetings with Lord Bloodstone.. Society during the Regency era is not the best place for clandestine rendezvous, but Chloe will forever regret it if she does not settle her scores with the infamous Lord. In those meetings, however, she must keep reminding herself to resist the compulsive surges of emotion she feels whenever Lord Bloodstone is near as they can distract her from discovering an enemy who plans to ruin both their lives forever…