Miss Amelia Benbridge and the Earl of Ware are the most anticipated match of the Season.

But Amelia's love will always belong to her childhood sweetheart, the gypsy Colin - who tragically died. She knows she'll never feel such passion again.

But when a brooding stranger at a masquerade offers a single, sensual kiss, passions rise and she is determined to unmask her phantom admirer.

And though deception lies in this stranger's heart, her body cannot hold her back . . .