A catch of the breath. A beat of the heart. And Miss Olivia Mallory is gone. Over the moon at the ripe age of five and twenty. The rouge who was caught her attention: the dashing yet dangerous Lord David Crighton. The former British spy is a peer among peers. And Miss Livvy Mallory--a simple country girl--would do well to watch her step. But Livvy`s purpose in coming to London is not to fall in love. It is to confer with the publisher of her deceased cousin`s love poems--and to seek out their inspiration. All she knows about the mystery man is that his name begins with a D. Then Livvy discovers that Crighton was once called The Bard of Eton, and she can`t help but think her relation`s secret admirer is setting her own heart ablaze...