Thornton Matherton, ninth Duke of Wyldehaven - Wylde to his friends - comes from bad blood; he is determined to marry a woman of impeccable background and placid temperament. But when he returns from a secret trip abroad, he finds that his plan may not be so easy to achieve. Someone has spent the past few months pretending to be him, and ruining his reputation in the process. Desperate to hunt the imposter down, Wylde turns to an unlikely source for help.Miranda Fontaine has no patience for the nobility. She and her mother were abandoned by her aristocratic father, and now her friend"s child has been left fatherless by an uncaring duke. Enraged, Miranda tracks down the Duke of Wyldehaven and demands he do the right thing. His reponse is startling - and unbelievable. But Miranda is willing to play along with this "imposter" story if it means getting help for the child. She just has to make sure that she doesn"t make the mistake of trusting Wylde...because this time, she"s the one with everything to lose.