All she wants is to marry for love...
Della Rowntree has always longed for a marriage like her parents', one that is filled with happiness and love. But now that the man she has always desired is on the verge of announcing his engagement to another, she fears the opportunity to marry for love has vanished and will condemn her to a lifetime of being called a spinster.
For him, love is out of the question...
The Duke of Exeter, Royce Derrington, witnessed his mother's heartache at his father's passing and decided that marrying for love was foolish. Why would someone subject themselves to an emotion that would only destroy them when they lost it?
That question made his soon-to-be-announced engagement the only way to prevent that from happening. So, when he discovers an unknown last request amongst his late father's documents, he worries about the potential complications it could pose to the type of marriage he wants.
But when emotions run high, could it be that...
what we think we
want
...is not always what we
need
?