New York Times best-selling sensation Stephanie Laurens is already a legend. Her sexually charged tales of prim and proper ladies (well, sometimes) and the bold, rakish men of the Cynster Clan are a hot subject in romance circles. Brother-in-law of Vane Cynster, Gerrard Debbington is a well-bred man of dignity, authority, and noted artistic prowess. When he is granted the rare opportunity to paint the splendor of Hellebore Garden on the condition he completes a portrait of the owner's beautiful daughter, Jacqueline, he eagerly accepts his new commission- and prepares his subtle seduction.