Bella Humphrey has escaped the horrors of her past and is now comfortably married to Myron Clewes, Baron Holsworthy.  Although an older man, she esteems him greatly and with the exception of the absence of children her life is relatively good. That is, until she meets not one but two Dukes that she is irresistibly drawn to. Myron is no fool and wishes to see her happy, so to secure this he proposes a very unusual contract with Nick Northrope, Duke of Wellbridge.