Viscount Westmorland, Henry St. John, is three-and-thirty and desperate. Hounded by debutantes and their conniving mothers, the wealthy, charming peer sees only one way out of his marriage mart misery: a sensible, convenient union with the one woman who has never found him remotely interesting.
Claire is his mother's companion, his oldest friend, and his fiercest tormentor. She knows Henry better than anyone, takes an unholy joy in his humiliation, and has steadfastly refused his half-joking proposals for years.
But when Henry's mother announces she is leaving England to marry a Frenchman and taking Claire with her, Henry is forced to confront the truth: he doesn't just need a wife, he needs Claire. She is the heart he never knew his cold household lacked, and the one person who has always seen the man beneath the title.
