Lady Letticia Burke has had designs on the same man-Sir Alex Gaines-since she was sixteen. Unfortunately, not only does he not know she exists, but he also already has a wife.

Nearly twenty now, she has turned down everyone who has ever offered for her for one reason or another-made up or not-and, with the changing markets having badly affectedtheir financial wherewithal, her parents can no longer afford to indulge her in endless window shopping for a husband.

So her last prospect-a man who has been interested in her just about as long as she's been ogling Sir Alex.

She says she won't have him.He aims to convince her otherwise.