Christy Carlyle dazzles with the first romance in her enchanting Love
on Holiday series.
Will Hart, the Duke of Ashmore, is everything his father was not:
scrupulously honest, forbidding, and apparently joyless. As a duke, he's
a catch, but as a grumpy stick-in-the mud, no lady knows quite how to
catch his eye. When his sisters concoct a plan for him to visit a
run-down family property in Cornwall, he reluctantly agrees, hoping it
will be a chance for him to rediscover the carefree man he once was.
Madeline Ravenwood believes she can do anything she puts her mind to,
including running the gardening business she inherited from her father
and being a founding member of the Royal Visit Committee. Hard at work
preparing for Princess Beatrice's visit to judge their annual flower
show, the appearance of a stern, handsome duke is a distraction Maddie
doesn't need.
Tasked by the committee to convince the duke to repair his ramshackle
manor house in time for the royal visit, he agrees, if she will join him
as he explores Cornwall. Spending their days, and nights, together,
Will's love for Maddie becomes too strong to ignore. But Maddie knows
how different their worlds are and when the burdens of his title
reappear, can Will convince her that she's the woman he's been waiting
for?