Making of a Scandal

The Honourable Mr. Dominick Burke sells his company to wealthy women to pay off his gambling debts, and he enjoys the work. A gentleman courtesan is not supposed to mix business with pleasure, yet the moment Miss Calliope Barrington hires him, he wants her badly.

Calliope has no interest in what he does in a bedroom. She is looking for a husband and has already picked a gentleman. Her plan is to have Dominick play her devoted suitor, so that his attention makes her look like a woman worth pursuing.

Dominick takes the job as a chance to seduce her at every opportunity. Instead, he starts falling for her himself. Calliope is far harder to win than she is to tempt, and the man she actually wants begins to notice her, which leaves Dominick with a rival.

Then a misdeed from his past threatens to wreck what he has built. This is a Regency-era romance with a fake-courtship setup and a courtesan hero. The question it turns on is whether Dominick can keep Calliope only by setting off one of the biggest scandals the ton has seen.