Known as the Gypsy Earl, Ivan Thornton was renounced by his family as a child because of his Gypsy mother. Now an entitled nobleman, Ivan wants to punish the family who did so much to hurt him as a young man. But his grandmother may be more clever than he is: she wants an heir and she knows that her rake grandson won't fall in love with just anyone. And he certainly won't marry--just to spite her. Ivan's mastermind grandmother finds Lucy Drysdale for her grandson. Lucy is a bluestocking, an intelligent and passionate woman who proves to be just the match for the Earl who will not bend for love.