Ticket–dodging in a first class train carriage is not how bubbly Sophie Greenham envisaged meeting Kit Fitzroy, fearless army hero and brother of her friend, Jasper. The smouldering heat between her and Kit is an unwelcome shock especially as Sophie's masquerading as Jasper's girlfriend all holiday!

Although Kit's bravery is legendary, he's dreading the return to his bleak ancestral home. But Sophie's vibrancy dispels the shadows in his tortured soul, consuming Kit with a potent desire for the one woman he's forbidden to touch