Disguised as a Scottish earl, Griffin Lockhart attends the most glittering balls of fashionable London society, hunting for the woman who is rumored to possess the priceless heirloom that could save his family's ancestral Scottish estate. Along the way he catches the eye of Anna Addison, a highborn young woman whose sharp tongue and even sharper wits have limited her to detect Grif's deception. Determined to find a husband this season, Anna draws Grif into a scandalous bargain.