His Grace, Lord John Carrington, the Duke of Severinshire discovers that finding himself a wife is no easy task. Beautiful women of marriageable age abound in his county and indeed in the whole country. But he is searching for that someone special and will settle for nothing less than the woman who is perfect for him. A riding accident on Christmas Eve lands him in the care of a beautiful governess and he soon finds out that he’s fallen in love with her. Clare Watson is a lowly governess with a good heart. When she finds a man lying face down in the snow a few yards from the home where she works, she decides to take care of him and nurse him back to health. She has no idea what Christmas has in store for her or that her generous acts will land her in trouble before good triumphs.