Jack Seaborne, Duke of Dettingham, needs a duchess, but falling in love is definitely not on the agenda. The logical thing would be to throw open the doors of his ducal country seat, host a house party for this season's most beautiful debutantes and pick one of them.
But then Miss Jessica Pendle arrives-his aunt's plain-speaking goddaughter-and she's the one who stands out from the crowd. But Jessica is looking for love-the one emotion Jack resists. Although he can't deny there's something about Jessica that's very persuasive !