Prim and proper, Regina Finch was a good girl until the day a sudden encounter awakens a lusty passion she can neither control nor live without . . .

Having just left university, Regina, brilliant, bookish and beautiful, has landed her dream job as librarian at New York Public Library. But her job unexpectedly leads her into a torrid new world of discovery and excitement. Among the famous library's hallowed halls and sacred books she meets Sebastian, the library's youngest benefactor and one of New York's most eligible, and infamous, bachelors - and an extraordinary passionate bond is formed.

Faced with a desire that threatens to consume her every waking minute, Regina knows she must master the arts of seduction if she is to make Sebastian her own . . .