All she wants is her freedom. All he wants is her... Rayne Wellbrook shouldn't be living in a luxurious London manor. She shouldn't be the step-niece to a powerful duke, either. And she most certainly shouldn't be sneaking into the neighbor's gardens—even if the house is unoccupied. Or so she thinks until a rakishly handsome Scot startles her one morning. Though she's wary of men and even leerier of nobles, this man with his too-long hair and piercing blue-green eyes sends her heart to frolicking. When he insists on an introduction, Rayne flees but can't get the enigmatic new neighbor out of her thoughts. Fletcher McQuinton, Duke of Kincade, is only in London long enough to put the finishing touches on his new business ventures, and then he intends to head straight back to Scotland. His meddling English mother has other plans, however—namely finding him an appropriate blue-blooded wife to become the next duchess. Fletcher has vowed to never take an English aristocrat as a wife, but when he comes upon a delightfully intriguing woman climbing his garden wall, he begins to reconsider his reluctance. Can two polar opposites who are so perfectly wrong for each other overcome all that stands between them? Only one thing is certain. The road to happily ever after is about to get very bumpy...