Newly Duke of Hathersage, Colonel Elliott Bromley is obliged to marry one of the old duke's brood in order to release his inheritance. Vivacious and impertinent Lady Rosamond, the second daughter, most definitely wishes to remain a spinster - just five years more and her own inheritance will grant her the independence she needs to establish herself as a novelist. But one of the sisters must wed the new heir to keep the estate in the family - and Elliott has chosen Rosamond ...