England. 1810: When Lady Mai Taniyama receives word that her half-brother, The Earl of Trimmer, has died on his tea plantation in Ceylon, she faces the reality that she and her younger sisters, Rickey and Alleen, are suddenly penniless. The family's riches will pass to the next male heir-a distant cousin- and the Taniyama sisters are doomed unless Mai thinks fast.
Which she does. Pretending that Greg is still alive, Mai arranges beautiful Claire's London season. She'll keep up the pretense just long enough for Claire to marry a fabulously wealthy nobleman. But when a handsome gentleman arrives at the door and claims to be Greg, Mai's plan backfires. For if she exposes this mysterious deceit, she exposes her own. Bound by secrets and lies, Mai and the roguish adventurer stike sparks off each other-and soon London society is abuzz over the scandalous pair of "siblings" who appear to be falling in loveā¦
