Yvette spent her childhood in the convent where her mother left her. Now her mother, who had been a famous and beautiful actress, was dead, and had left her daughter a legacy of precious jewels. Only, as it turned out, the jewels were worthless. Paste.

But the five greedy men who wanted to be her guardian did not know that. They lusted after the treasure. But Yvette wanted nothing to do with them. Which is why she hired a highwayman to rob her of her jewels.

Except that he wasn't a highwayman, exactly. And life began for Yvette the moment she gazed into his dark, burning eyes....

WITH AN EARLDOM AT STAKE, HER BROTHER'S MISHAPS WERE NO ACCIDENT!

It took two attempts on her nine-year-old brother's life to alert Lady Leslie Endale that their greedy guardian March Wardell meant to have the family fortune.

But transporting the young earl and her two little sisters to the safety of London and Great-Aunt Endale was no small feat. It seemed all was lost when, hiding in the disused mansion of the notorious Duke of Kenelm, the rakehell himself arrived unexpectedly!

And that was but the beginning. For the dissolute Duke had taken a secret liking to the ragged runaways--and their eldest sister. Could Lady Leslie enlist the Duke in eluding her pursuers and win his heart as well?