AN EXCEPTIONAL YOUNG LADY...AND AN EARL WITH A REPUTATION FOR DANGER — When Miss Minerva Potts cried off her engagement to the self-absorbed Lord Whithall, she vowed not to marry at all, or if she must, she would choose as the gentlemen obviously did -- for comfort, prestige, and convenience. Then she met Chadwick Brumfield, Earl of Rossland. Known as the Devil's Delight, the charming earl had a reputation so scandalous, Minerva was certain she could never lose her heart to him. So when the much-maligned earl asked for her assistance in a delicate family matter, she agreed. But soon, the unthinkable happened. Minerva fell in love with Lord Rossland -- a man the ton had condemned as a murderer!