The Duke of Rochester finds himself on his death bed with only illegitimate heirs. Concocting a plan to ‘legitimise’ them all upon his death, he instructs his butler extraordinaire, Reeves, to find the unsanctioned children and civilise them.
Reeves’ first assignment is the duke’s oldest illegitimate son, wounded-war-hero, one-time-pirate Tristan Llevanth. Wounded after the Battle of Trafalgar, Tristan sits in his gloomy house and waits for life to pass him by. Unfortunately, his bothersome neighbour, the delectable widow Prudence, has other plans. When Reeves notices a flare of interest in Tristan’s eyes whenever the now-destitute Prudence is about, he hires her to teach Tristan the manners he so sadly lacks.
Lessons turn into kisses which turn into a hot searing passion that even the threat of losing a fortune cannot quench. And eventually, Tristan realises that in love, as in all things, if one needs the answer, all one must do is just ask Reeves.
