Society's most exclusive invitation... Welcome to the Phoenix Club, where London's most audacious, disreputable, and intriguing ladies and gentlemen find scandal, redemption, and second chances. After Miss Kathleen Shaughnessy is seen kissing a gentleman in a Gloucestershire garden, she's sent to London to avoid scandal. She doesn't, however, plan to abandon her research of mating rituals, and she knows the perfect person to provide assistance: her brother's best friend, Lord Lucien Westbrook, who is renowned for helping others. Disdained by his haughty father, Lucien runs the Phoenix Club, an inclusive community where no one is ostracized or overlooked. It's also a secret rendezvous for the Foreign Office, where important connections are made, and information is passed—until a scandal ricochets through the club and threatens Lucien's position with his superiors. As Lucien works to maintain control of the club,...