For 3 years, Lady Veronica Smithson has been perfectly happy as a widow — and totally independent. Even now, the proper gentleman could give the advantages of marriage without the wearisome limitations. And in Sir Sebastian Hadley-Attwater, renowned explorer and rogue, Veronica is positive she has discovered him. Sebastian will arrive into his inheritance in a matter of weeks — if his family deems him responsible sufficient.

There’s no far better way to demonstrate his maturity than with a property and a wife. But although the lovely Veronica will share his bed, she steadfastly refuses to marry. Even so, Sebastian has a strategy. An intimate sojourn at his new country residence will undoubtedly change Veronica’s head. For Sebastian by no means requires no for an solution. And even in the midst of mischief-generating relatives and unexpected complications, he intends to persuade his Christmas mistress that they belong jointly — in this, and each and every year to arrive…