7B

7 Mayfair square, an elegant London townhouse where the unusual is routine.

Sibyl Smiles possesses a most unfashionable leaning toward independence. At eight and 20, she remains unmarried, yet fosters one great desire: to be a mother. To that end, she requires... a willing gentleman. There is only one man she dares present with such an outrageous request -- Hunter Lloyd, her neighbor at Number 7.

Hunter is stunned -- Sibyl wants to seduce him! But now is not the time to be distracted by the woman he secretly adores. He has just successfully defended a friend of the king in a sensational trial and has been warned that his life and Sibyl's are in jeopardy.

Although Hunter is determined to protect her from their enemies, Sibyl is equally determined to carry through with her plan -- no matter what challenges come their way....