When tycoon Nash Vallender inherits a dilapidated manor house, he decides it’s time to settle down. He has the home, the fortune, so all he needs is the right woman.

Enter Phoenix Langrish. Aside from being a gorgeous, leggy brunette, Phoenix is also the only woman Nash has ever come close to loving. Ten years ago Nash had thought Phoenix too young for a serious relationship. But Phoenix has never forgiven Nash for breaking her eighteen-year-old heart. Nash has his work cut out — how to get an unwilling bride to say ‘I do’ when all she wants to say is ‘I don’t’!