Innocence

Randall Avenel the Earl of Hazelmere's plans for a liaison with the talented courtesan known as 'The Eternal Virgin' go awry when impoverished heiress Isolde Drake appears on his doorstep to apply for the job of paid companion to his aging mother.

Having refused to support her family by compromising her virtue with Chauncey Howell, to whom Isolde had been engaged before her family lost all their money, Howell decides to take revenge by sending Isolde unescorted to Randall's home.

The Earl is known as the most prominent rake of the Ton. Isolde stepping foot in the house by herself will bring such scandal, it is sure to ruin her, provoke a duel with his enemy Randall, and drive Isolde into Chauncey's own bed.

But Chauncey doesn't foresee Isolde's overwhelming desire for Randall, or the fascination the beautiful and spirited young woman begins to exert upon the world-weary rake tormented by his own sins and dark secrets from the past.

Who has seduced whom? Has the jaded young Earl met his match at last? Only by risking all to win Isolde's love can Randall ever be free of the torments of his past....