William Hart, the Duke of Ashmore, is everything his father wasn't: 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 holiday in 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 the princess's visit to judge their annual flower show, Maddie finds the appearance of a stern, handsome duke, a man she almost kissed months ago in London, to be a distraction she doesn't need. Determined to convince the duke to repair his ramshackle manor house in time for the royal visit, Maddie agrees when Will enlists her to join him as he explores Cornwall. Spending their days, and nights, together, Will's love for Maddie becomes too strong to ignore. But when the burdens of his title reappear and the differences in their worlds become all too real, can Will persuade Maddie that she's the woman he's been waiting for?-- Back cover.