Lovely, dark-haired Miss Serena Blake desperately wanted to stop her father from marrying fortune-hunting Arabella Lindsay. But Serena was completely baffled about how to break the spell of this seductress. Then the perfect solution appeared. His name was Mr. Macaulay. He was a devastatingly handsome gentleman who could have any woman he wished for. Only Serena knew that he was a bankrupt libertine who would do anything for the money she offered.

Macaulay would turn Arabella's head and steal her heart with his abundant charm and feigned wealth. Serena's plan was perfect if she could remember that it was Arabella who was to be conquered by the irresistible Macaulay--and not herself ....