Lady Willow Hunnicut has always dreamed of living in London. With design talent and aspirations grander than Londons 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 thats a surefire moneymakerif 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 dowryand 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 couldnt have planned is the way she feels about Cassin or the desire that threatens to enflame them both.