Their marriage is proper in every way…except the one that matters most. Cecily Cranfield adores her husband. Sheridan is everything a gentleman should be—handsome, respectful, and unfailingly polite. But behind closed doors, propriety has become a prison. Though her body longs for passion, Sheridan keeps her at a distance, as though her pleasure is something to be feared rather than embraced. Sheridan Cranfield was taught that a wife must be cherished—and that true desires belong only in the arms of a mistress. Yet he aches to touch Cecily with the full force of his hunger and love, if only he could find the courage to break the rules instilled in him since youth. Desperate to unlock the passion simmering beneath her husband's restraint, Cecily seeks help from an unexpected source: Madame Petra , a famed courtesan known for tutoring couples in the art of pleasure. Can Cecily and Sheridan turn their respectable union into a marriage most scandalous? A steamy Regency romance of longing, liberation, and the sensual education of a husband.