When it comes to diamonds – and men – some women prefer them rough...

Thanks to her grandfather's complicated will, Miss Adela Ruffington, along with her mother and sisters, is about to lose her home and income to a distant cousin, the closest male heir. For Adela, nothing is more insulting than being denied her rightful inheritance for a scoundrel like Wilson – the very man who broke her heart following a lusty dalliance years ago.

Wilson Ruffington never anticipated the intense desire Adela could still stir within him. Despite his wicked tongue and her haughty pride, their long–ago passion instantly reignites at a summer house party, the experience they've gained as adults only adding fuel to the flames.

Determined to keep Adela in his bed, Wilson devises a ruse – a marriage of convenience that will provide her family with a generous settlement, as well as prevent scandalous whispers. Their plan works perfectly, until family rivalries and intrigue threaten to destroy their arrangement...and the unspoken love blooming beneath it.

'Da Costa pens a highly titillating, tantalising tale... Not for the faint of heart, but Susan Johnson, Bertrice Small and Brenda Joyce fans will savour the delicious fantasies within.' Romantic Times Book Review.