Lady Willow Hunnicut has always dreamed of living in London. With design
talent and aspirations grander than London's finest houses, she knows an
unmarried heiress will never be allowed to live in the capital alone.
But a married woman may come and go as she pleases. With a little
imagination, a lot of courage, and one carefully worded advertisement,
Willow concocts a plan to get everything she wants... even if she must
take a husband in exchange.
Lord Brent Caulder, the Earl of Cassin, is destitute, his Yorkshire
castle is crumbling, and his tenants are without work. He has an
ingenious scheme that's a surefire moneymaker--if only someone would
invest. When he discovers an advertisement seeking adventurers to fund,
he is determined to claim the money. But his world is turned upside down
when the investor turns out to be a flame-haired heiress.
The deal is simple: In return for marrying Willow, Cassin will receive
her substantial dowry--and nothing else. All she asks is that after the
wedding, each go their separate ways. But for all her careful
preparation, the one thing Willow couldn't have planned is the way she
feels about Cassin... or the desire that threatens to enflame them both.