All of London is ablaze with rumors about the identity of the female brazen-and desperate-enough to advertise for a husband. Zeus Tanner, a self-made man full of pride if not pedigree, answers the ad, vastly curious about the property alluded to by the mysterious Lady Scandal. He may not care about winning the lady, but he certainly wants her lands. After a miserable arranged marriage, newly widowed Juliet determines she'll not be married off again without having her say. Shielding her identity, she braves deciding her own fate. What she never expects is the sizzling encounter that happens when she meets applicant twenty-four...