After he caught her stealing apples from his orchard, the Earl of Kelthorne demanded one kiss from Judith Lovington before he would allow her to return to the troupe of actors with whom she was traveling. But one kiss proved not to be enough, and Lord Kelthorne vows to pursue Judith either until his taste for her is completely satisfied or until his prospective bride-to-be, Miss Abigail Currivard, arrives. Confident of his own charms and certain that any female songstress is fair game for a liaison, Kelthorne begins plotting a campaign of seduction only to discover Judith is not quite the woman he first imagined and that she is determined to resist his every romantic advance.
