Six years have passed since the Gifford family arrived at Gifford Hall. After all the renovations, all seems to be going well. If only they could get their distant cousin, Reginald Beeston, to part with Sir Francis Gifford's sea-chest, then George and Winifred could finally go home, and Eliza would stop twitching every time their names were mentioned.
Sir Henry receives a letter from Beeston's solicitor, informing him of his cousin's death. Even better, he has left Sir Henry the sea chest in his will... along with the guardianship of his five children.
Sir Henry sends Lee and Annika to collect the children and bring them back to Gifford Hall. It will prove to be a task that will try Lee's mettle to the utmost. How fortunate for him, then, that the children have a lovely cousin who performs the duties of a general factotum.
Georgiana makes the journey bearable but nothing ever runs smoothly and Beeston's duplicity, coupled with an unlooked for passenger, all have to be dealt with before the path of true love can run its course.