Esmeralda knew that using her fiery beauty as a weapon was heartless, but her cousin's betrayal had stolen her family estate and now, forced to work as a seamstress, she has no choice, if she wants to reclaim her inheritance: she must find a rich gentleman, and lure him with her exquisite charms, no matter what it takes; the arrogant playboy tought it great sport to challenge a scheming "shopgirl" who was also the most devastatingly lovely woman he had ever seen; his seducing her would expose her as a fortune hunter and slake the hungry passion she awoke in his blood.