Under cover of night and with the best of intentions, Lady Isabel Carlyle breaks into the viscount's residence to restore his stolen property and retrieve her own. The viscount is out of town for at least a sennight, and she never once considers facing a pistol aimed directly at her heart.
The Viscount Matthew Paul Rutherford has need of a bride before the month's end. Previously, he had selected two different damsels from the marriage mart--Almack's. However, both ladies met with a fatal accident before the wedding. Now, presented with an unexpected solution to his problem in the form of the lovely thief, he gives her a choice, marriage or gaol.
