Caleb Tanner, a British detective on the trail of a French spy, takes a position as a stable groom on the estate of famed courtesan Gabriella Durant, whose protégé and niece, Vermillion,
is one of Caleb's prime suspects. Finding herself both captivated and infuriated by this arrogant, attractive man, Vermillion promises herself that she shall not stray from her duty to
the line of courtesans in her family. But the passion that each has provoked in the other cannot be ignored, not even by two such masters of the art of deception.
