Lord Kinsley has never let go of the hope that he will win back Lady Emma's heart. But when the shocking news arrives that Emma is due to marry, Kinsley realizes it's now or never. He must take action and ride north to Cragbourn where Emma is spending Christmas with his sister and claim her. Emma's dreading her forthcoming wedding but what choice does she have? Her cruel brother is threatening to leave her penniless unless she becomes the middle-aged Duke of Faringdon's wife. Until Christmastide at Cragbourn offers her an unexpected last chance, and she discovers Kinsley standing right before her proving that her desire for him hasn't dimmed one jot. Bad weather forces Kinsley and Emma to be together for all the days of Christmas; too long for her to keep up her pretence of ignoring him, and long enough for him to discover why she cut him off six years ago. But as Twelfth Night—their final night— approaches, will the truth bring them together, or push them forever apart?