Courtney's marriage to Lord Nigel Davies should have made her the happiest of young brides. Not only was her husband handsome, charming, wealthy and worldly-wise, he also proved to be the most tender and exquisite of lovers. — Why then was Courtney so dissatisfied? What attraction could she find in Sir Lloyd Paterson, who engaged in activities no proper gentleman would stoop to? What drew her into a London netherworld far beyond the bounds of society?

And above all, how could Lord Nigel tame this young woman who seemed so determined to run wild -- as Courtney set out to prove that no matter how thoroughly her lordly husband mastered her body, she most definitely had A MIND OF HER OWN