Leo is gorgeous but there's nothing she can do about it. She accepts that. It does sound crazy to other people, men and women, but Leo would rather be NOT gorgeous. Then that Brit, Cranford, turns up with all the hurricanes gathered across the Atlantic and becomes a constant irritation to Leo. She has absolutely no use for men unless as her employees. But the upsets her equilibrium and that's a f*cking declaration of war right there.Adrian was born and bred to be a gentleman socially and a savage internally. He knows the rules but lives by his own. Until he's asked to assist Leontine Nigella Boswell. Clandestinely. She's not the rescue-me-brand of womanhood. She's darker than dark. But he's darkest. In their worlds, success is mandatory. And white knights are found only in fairy tales.