Verity Worth lived a life of privilege until family misfortune reduced her to near poverty. She takes a genteel position to manage a spoiled heiress. Lord Rathbone came courting the heiress, but he finds the paid companion far more interesting. Lord Rathbone knows all too well how to turn a woman's head and win her heart. Verity believes the disgrace of losing her reputation is the worst that can befall her. But then Lord Rathbone's enemies target her in a game of revenge.