To save the home his family has owned for centuries, Major George Hawkinville has only to prove that the hussy known as the Devil's Heiress was party to the murder of Lord Deveril and the forging of the will that gave her his fortune.

Even though his army career made him expert in investigations, Hawk does not find his task as easy as he expected. Clarissa Greystone is a most unlikely criminal, and she is connected to people of power who will stop anyone who tries to harm her.

And then he falls in love with her....