Warning: contains explicit sex and some gratuitous violence. This is NOT a Pride & Prejudice story. Wilfred de Lacey, the Earl of Buxton meets the girl of his dreams after the worst day of his life and manages to insult her. Miss Lucille Hastings was minding her own business when she was rudely propositioned by a most handsome man, but that didn't stop her from slapping his face. The Duke of Markham is the catalyst that can bring them together, or destroy them both