When Lady Evelina Ashbourne is forced to enter society, she is determined to remain unimpressed by silk, scandal, or suitors. Especially not by another Duke with an ego larger than his estate. But Ares Drakos is not just any Duke. He’s foreign. He’s engaged. And he hates everything about British high society… except, perhaps, Evelina Ashbourne. What begins as disdain turns into fascination. And as the Ton watches with baited breath, the two enter a battle of wits, wills, and words — until the line between propriety and passion becomes dangerously thin.