Lady Penelope Dodge has always followed the rules8212until the day she learns she is promised to a powerful duke she does not love. Determined to claim a piece of happiness before duty steals it away, Penelope dares the unthinkable: one night in the arms of Alexander Sutton, the enigmatic and scandalous Earl of Bainbridge. A man she8217s adored in secret. A man who has no place in her future.But one night becomes two. Then three. And soon, each stolen, midnight encounter leaves her aching for more8212more of his forbidden kisses and the wicked tenderness he offers her.As their passion deepens, so does the risk. With Penny's family8217s reputation hanging by a thread and her own heart on the verge of ruin, Penelope must make an impossible choice: honor the duty she was born into8230 or surrender to a love that could cost her everything.