In the shadows of London's elite brothel, Nell Edwards meets Elias North's piercing gaze across a room thick with desire. Her body betrays her professional detachment as his fingers brush hers, igniting forbidden heat. Nell came to the Gilded Mask to save her sister from debt. Instead, she found herself surrendering to carnal pleasures that would scandalize even the most depraved aristocrats - with the very man sent to bring her world crashing down.