Tessa Mansfield is a highly independent and resourceful woman who has given up hopes of marriage and children to become a confirmed spinster and highly sought-after matchmaker. Tristan, the Duke of Shelbourne is a rake who is turning 30 and sorely in need of a wife...

Lady Julianne Gatewick is horrified as her brother, Tristan, involved with the birth of his first child, selects as her guardian the notorious Marc Darcet, Earl of Hawkfield, better known as "Hawk." Hawk's guardianship will be overseen by his much married Aunt Hester who doesn't...