Sensible Miss Judith Shelton is the first to admit she's a fortune hunter. But even as Judith concocts elaborate schemes to win the attentions of wealthy Viscount Westfall, she has only her orphaned siblings' best interests at heart, for marriage to a gentleman of means will secure their futures.

Peregrine Campion, the viscount's business partner, knows from the start that Judith has tricks up her sleeve, and if there's one thing this bachelor hates, it's a conniving female. Then Peregrine gets a glimpse of Judith as a devoted older sister and a secret, passionate romantic, and he wonders if he's been wrong all along. Now if she just could look past her nose for nobility--and see love staring her in the face...