Sarah Barrow is fresh from the contryside to find a job as a servant in Lord and Lady Hawkmore's London house. Upon meeting the outrageously handsome earl, she feels inexorably drawn to him.
The instant Hugh lays eyes on Sarah, a gut-wrenching attraction for her installs itself in his body. He gets so taken with her that he forgets his position, his cold marriage and his need to produce an heir. But society's conventions prevent him from making her his mistress. All he can do is have clandestine volcanic nights with her.
Sarah is not a pushover, even though she has to remain meek to keep her job. Destiny will set in, changing her life dramatically.
Sensuality level: sensuous, sizzling.