One-eyed dukes are wild

Lady Margaret Sawford is unmarried, and Society has plenty to say about it. She wants adventure and never turns down a challenge. When a dangerous-looking stranger in an eye patch catches her attention, she takes him for the ideal companion for the life she longs for, whatever the gossips think.

The stranger looks like a pirate but is actually a duke, the Duke of Lasham, and he proves as proper as any other nobleman she has met. Margaret sees no reason to leave him that way. She sets out to push him toward the wilder side of life.

Lasham is wealthy and well-mannered, and he has lost interest in what Society expects of him. He is tired of being perfect. Margaret's lush beauty and laughing eyes make imperfection very tempting, and so does Margaret herself.

This is a historical romance between a bold lady and a reserved duke, with a light, teasing tone. Each of them draws the other out, and the question is how far Lasham will go once he lets his wilder side loose, with Margaret as the object of his desire.