Jenny Crowley has been duped! At her eighteenth birthday
celebration her parents announce that instead of having the
London Season she’s dreamed of for years, Jenny has been
betrothed from birth to Alexander Isley, son of family
friends and heir to a title. A distraught Jenny refuses
point-blank to marry Alec, and when her aunt offers to whisk
her away to a Christmas house party, complete with many
eligible young bachelors, Jenny jumps at the chance to enjoy
a variety of entertainments, be courted, and perhaps fall in
love.
Alec Isley is between a rock and a hard place. He desires a
marriage with Jenny no more than she does, but when his
family’s dire financial status is revealed, he follows Jenny
to the house party in hopes of convincing her to marry him
after all. When he discovers who else is courting her there,
Alec is frantic to keep her from making a dreadful mistake.
Struggling with new-found feelings for his childhood friend,
can Alec convince her of his love in time to save her from
being ruined under the mistletoe?