Jemima Martingale has a problem. Her dreadful brother Darius has returned to the family home, determined to upend the lives of her three sisters and herself. He refuses to allow Agnes to marry the love of her life but instead intends to marry her to the local rake, the ghastly Lord Barrett, a man so dissolute that no local household will receive him. And Darius is already plotting Jemima's own marriage to the most lascivious rogue he can discover. Under such circumstances, there seems to be only one thing she can do. Protect her sisters at all costs, even if that cost is her brother's life. Things would be far more dire if she does not find help in the most unexpected place. Ruan, Baron St Trevone, the Bad Baron of Gwelmore, supposed dead but back in Cornwall, making ends meet by a little gentlemanly smuggling proves to be an unlikely ally. And one, it seems, that is well used to setting innocent young ladies hearts a'flutter...

Jemima Martingale has a problem. Her dreadful brother Darius has returned to the family home, determined to upend the lives of her three sisters and herself. He refuses to allow Agnes to marry the love of her life but instead intends to marry her to the local rake, the ghastly Lord Barrett, a man so dissolute that no local household will receive him. And Darius is already plotting Jemima's own marriage to the most lascivious rogue he can discover. Under such circumstances, there seems to be only one thing she can do. Protect her sisters at all costs, even if that cost is her brother's life. Things would be far more dire if she does not find help in the most unexpected place. Ruan, Baron St Trevone, the Bad Baron of Gwelmore, supposed dead but back in Cornwall, making ends meet by a little gentlemanly smuggling proves to be an unlikely ally. And one, it seems, that is well used to setting innocent young ladies hearts a'flutter...

Jemima Martingale has a problem. Her dreadful brother Darius has returned to the family home, determined to upend the lives of her three sisters and herself. He refuses to allow Agnes to marry the love of her life but instead intends to marry her to the local rake, the ghastly Lord Barrett, a man so dissolute that no local household will receive him. And Darius is already plotting Jemima's own marriage to the most lascivious rogue he can discover. Under such circumstances, there seems to be only one thing she can do. Protect her sisters at all costs, even if that cost is her brother's life. Things would be far more dire if she does not find help in the most unexpected place. Ruan, Baron St Trevone, the Bad Baron of Gwelmore, supposed dead but back in Cornwall, making ends meet by a little gentlemanly smuggling proves to be an unlikely ally. And one, it seems, that is well used to setting innocent young ladies hearts a'flutter...