She's a woman in need of a dashing rescue… The Viscount of Vanity, however, has no desire to play the hero. He's tried saving a woman once or twice and all he accomplished was getting his heart broken into a thousand tiny pieces. There's no putting something that broken back together. Not even for a woman as enchanting as Gabriella. He's the most handsome man she's ever seen… Through a series of unfortunate events, Miss Gabriella Winston finds herself on the auction block, about to be sold into marriage. That is until a stunning stranger swoops in and saves her. Life has taught her not to trust anyone she doesn't know. But as he shares his past with her, she wonders if she isn't the only one in need of saving.