In this Victorian holiday romance, a proper young lady discovers her inner passion thanks to a rakish American’s kiss. A paragon of virtue, Miss Lillian Davenport has an unrivaled reputation. So why has she offered to pay dangerous American, Lucas Clairmont, for a single kiss? Lucas refuses to be molded by society and often walks on the wrong side of right. But Lillian’s pure goodness fascinates him. He senses that beneath the manners there’s a woman of rare sensuality. For Lillian, buying a kiss from Lucas has released a wildness within. Her ordered, virtuous world may never be the same again. . . .