A plain hoyden, he had called her

Miss Charlotte Cartwright has never forgotten Roland Temple's contemptuous rejection of her hand in marriage. And she's not about to forgive either – even if Roland, the new Earl of Amerleigh, is now older, wiser and ten times as handsome!

Roland has returned home from the wars to find much has changed – including his spitfire of a neighbour. He's soon determined to right the wrongs of the past – and this time the hoyden will be his bride!