Helena Avington, daughter of the Earl of Brimsey, has never attended a Season in her life. With her family in desperate straits, she is now a spinster in need of a miracle.

Sir Philip Andrews, the Baron of Havordshire and a sworn bachelor, is convinced that no lady will accept his demented mother. Pressured by his friends to attend the Season, he never expected to meet the woman that sets his heart ablaze.

On the night of her debut, Helena sees the man of her dreams in Philip. But her happiness turns to ashes in her mouth when someone pays a hefty sum to have her for himself and threatens Philip's own life. For when the masks fall, death wears a friendly face...