When notorious rake Anthony Dalton--forced to prove himself worthy of becoming his niece's guardian by enrolling her in a prestigious school--agrees to give a class for young ladies on how to avoid uscrupulous men, he finds himself drawn to the teacher, the sensible Madeline Prescot.

"At eighteen, Charlotte Page made a life-altering mistake. She wronged a man in an impulsive act that she came to deeply regret, though it led her to her present life as Mrs. Charlotte Harris, owner of Mrs. Harris's School for Young Ladies. Unbeknownst to her, that man is now her anonymous benefactor, the mysterious 'Cousin Michael.' His masquerade began as preparation for a devastating revenge, but became a labor of love. Now Charlotte desperately...