How to tempt a duke? By refusing to be tempted at all...
He'd returned from war a duke. Now Rafael Daughtry was battling a force more terrifying than Napoleon's army--his family. Thankfully, his childhood friend Charlotte Seavers had agreed--reluctantly--to a bargain. While Rafe would provide her with the home she'd lost, Charlotte would provide him with a chaperone for his unruly twin sisters.
But who would chaperone Rafe? For the feisty young girl he remembered had blossomed into a sensual woman--a woman whose haunting beauty and deeply kept secrets drew him like no other. Charlotte had good reason to mistrust men--yet could Rafe's sizzling seduction convince her to give in to temptation?