Was she consigned to a life of a spinster? Rosemary Stewart loved her orphaned nephew, Kit, as if he were her own son. When Kit's uncle, Nicholas Powers, stated his intention to challenge Rosemary's legal guardianship, she was desperately afraid she might lose to the powerful English millionaire. So she agreed to sign the outrageous contract Nicholas proposed, believing it was the only way she could ensure that Kit would have all the love and caring a young child needed. But she hadn't considered that she would ever regret signing away her rights to a life--and love--of her own.