Lady Alianora Wynyate stood surrounded by knights eager to pay her court. But the beguiling beauty only had eyes for the handsome stranger who had emerged from the fog.The victim of a carriage accident, Peter Everhurst, Viscount Cerestone, found his journey to London abruptly halted and landed him at Lady Alianora's feet. Though the confirmed bachelor had no intention of falling for the lady's charms, he could not help worrying about her future, for the innocent Alianora was being courted by a notorious rake. Perhaps he should stay and slay this particular dragon, he reasoned...never realizing that in rescuing the fair maiden, he might well be risking his heart.