They meet in a ferocious snowstorm. She is a young teacher with a secret past. He is the cool, black-caped stranger who unexpectedly comes to her rescue. Between these two unlikely strangers, desire is instantaneousand utterly impossible to resist. Stranded together in a rustic country inn, Lucius Marshall, who is the Viscount Sinclair, and Frances Allard share a night of glorious, unforgettable passion. But Frances knows her placeand it is far from the privileged world of the sensual aristocrat. Due to begin her teaching position at Miss Martins School in Bath, Frances must try to forget that one extraordinary nightand the man who touched her with such exquisite tenderness and abandon.