Wealthy businessman John Gardner counts his wife, the widowed Countess Napier, as his finest possession. Beautiful, refined and a devotedmother, the Countess has the one thing that all his money cannot buy ? a place in Society. When she dies still grieving for her firsthusband, the volatile Mr Gardener decides that his stepdaughter, LadySelina, should become his passport into the titled classes. Eager tofit into a world that values birthright over cash, he decides to marry her off to the highest bidder. But he hasn?t bargained for hisvivacious stepdaughter?s willful defiance. Determined to marry onlyfor love, Selina flees the harsh discipline of Gardener Manor andtakes her chances on the open road. Rescued from peril by the Marquisof Castleton, a serious and thoughtful man committed to doing his best for the people of his estate, Selina finds in him an unlikely ally.Equally appalled at plans for his own arranged marriage, the pair join forces against those intent on pushing them up the aisle. Pitchedinto an exciting adventure that sees them chased across Europe, Selina and the Marquis soon discover that despite their age difference theyare both romantics searching for true love. But will they find it, orwill their sense of duty see them both married to the wrong person?Trickery, deception and a tangled web of emotions will see their goodintentions pushed to the limits, before the final explosive showdownwhere the Marquis finally proves himself a man of shrewd wit ? andpassion.
Wealthy businessman John Gardner counts his wife, the widowed Countess Napier, as his finest possession. Beautiful, refined and a devotedmother, the Countess has the one thing that all his money cannot buy ? a place in Society. When she dies still grieving for her firsthusband, the volatile Mr Gardener decides that his stepdaughter, LadySelina, should become his passport into the titled classes. Eager tofit into a world that values birthright over cash, he decides to marry her off to the highest bidder. But he hasn?t bargained for hisvivacious stepdaughter?s willful defiance. Determined to marry onlyfor love, Selina flees the harsh discipline of Gardener Manor andtakes her chances on the open road. Rescued from peril by the Marquisof Castleton, a serious and thoughtful man committed to doing his best for the people of his estate, Selina finds in him an unlikely ally.Equally appalled at plans for his own arranged marriage, the pair join forces against those intent on pushing them up the aisle. Pitchedinto an exciting adventure that sees them chased across Europe, Selina and the Marquis soon discover that despite their age difference theyare both romantics searching for true love. But will they find it, orwill their sense of duty see them both married to the wrong person?Trickery, deception and a tangled web of emotions will see their goodintentions pushed to the limits, before the final explosive showdownwhere the Marquis finally proves himself a man of shrewd wit ? andpassion.
