New York heiress Annette Donovan knows exactly what she wants: a titled husband and a life far from the gossip-ridden drawing rooms of Manhattan. When her family travels to England in pursuit of nobility, Annette sets her sights on the most eligible?and most desperate?bachelor in the British aristocracy.
Thomas, the Duke of Sandridge, has inherited generations of debt, an estate he can't afford, and the weight of a proud family name he's determined to protect. A wealthy American wife seems the only solution, but he's been jilted before and doesn't intend to be ensnared again.
Then Miss Donovan does the unthinkable: she proposes to him!
What begins as a marriage of convenience soon turns into a battle of wills and hearts. Can love flourish in a union born of necessity?or will pride and past wounds will tear them apart?
