The morning after the most extravagant royal bachelor party of all time, Alexander Barclay, the Duke of Kress, cannot for the life of him remember anything. Only one thing is certain, his fortune is missing, and the Prince Regent and his royal entourage are facing humiliation and worse in the press. The prince commands all the dukes to mend their ways, and Kress is forced southward to reform and rebuild a castle fortress. The first time Kress lays eyes on Roxanne Vanderhaven, she is hanging onto the side of a cliff with waves crashing far below. After saving her, he reluctantly agrees to hide her in his ancient, crumbling castle on Mount St Michael until she can figure out why her husband, the Earl of Paxton, abandoned her on the cliff. And along the way, sparks fly….