Diamonds in the Rough

Resigned to becoming an old maid, Adela Ruffington earns money selling her erotic illustrations which she bases on her intimate memory of an encounter in her youth. Her wages help to support her mother and sister, who are about to be without a home, title or income.

Wilson Ruffington never anticipated the intense desire Adela could still stir within him, and their long ago passion instantly reignites at a summer house party. Wilson and Adela are insatiable, but soon the ton will begin to talk, so Wilson devises a ruse a marriage of convenience that will provide her family with a generous settlement, but which will also keep Adela in his bed without stirring scandal.