They met, scandalously, in her bedroom at midnight, and shared a daring escape from France. Now, in London, the cynical and mocking Sir Nicholas Thomas is high-spirited Roberta Rushforth's hired protector and seeming suitor in an elaborate masquerade. The social whirl exposes her to the schemes of her jealous former suitor and a notorious French count-and leaves her breathless in Sir Nicholas' arms. Beneath the glittering facade lies dark treachery, but Roberta can no longer mask her passion for Sir Nicholas-whose ardent gaze might mean nothing...or everything.