ItтАЩs 1923 and the Great War has already changed Lady Harriet CunninghamтАЩs life in every way. Now sheтАЩs left her native Scotland to come to New York to find a husband. A husband she doesnтАЩt wish for. But for Harriet, a secret and cleverly hidden speakeasy promises all kinds of pleasures that are illegal during ProhibitionтАФespecially for those whose love is as forbidden as the contraband champagne...
Harriet knows her duty. As the daughter of the Earl of Creoch, sheтАЩs expected to marry and marry well. To uphold her familyтАЩs esteemed reputation. And yet sheтАЩs here at this bar, wanting something forbidden. Someone. Because Harriet is entranced by the dark eyes and silky voice of singer Miss Rosalie Smith...and an attraction that is nothing less than a crime.
But Harriet canтАЩt live in the world of secret speakeasies and furtive, desperate longing for a woman she can never have. Marriage and respectability beckons. And soon Rosalie will have to choose between the life sheтАЩs expected to live...and the breathtaking woman she canтАЩt live without.