He is the "e;Iron Duke"e; of London. She is the anonymous satirist tearing his world apart. One fake engagement will change the rules of the game... or burn the city down. Benedict Ashbrook, the Duke of Rothbury, is a man of ice and stone. Traumatized by a past family scandal, he has spent years building a reputation of cold, mathematical perfection. But a mysterious writer known only as "e;The Midnight Muse"e; is threatening to dismantle his legacy, one witty, devastating column at a time. To save his name, Benedict needs a shield—a respectable, quiet fiancée to distract the vultures of the ton. Enter Elara Vance. To the world, she is a forgettable wallflower, a ghost in the corners of Mayfair's ballrooms. In reality, she is the Muse herself, wielding a quill like a dagger to keep her family from the gutter.