<p><em>Once upon a time…</em></p><p><em>A duke fell in love</em></p><p>Gowan Stoughton of Craigievar, Duke of Kinross, values order and self-control above all else. So when he meets a lady as serene as she is beautiful, he promptly asks for her hand in marriage.</p><p><em>With a lady</em></p><p>Edie—whose passionate temperament is the opposite of serene—had such a high fever at her own debut ball that she didn’t notice anyone, not even the notoriously elusive Duke of Kinross. When her father accepts his offer… she panics.</p><p>And when their marriage night isn’t all it could be, she pretends.</p><p><em>In a tower.</em></p><p>But Edie’s inability to hide her feelings makes pretending impossible, and when their marriage implodes, she retreats to a tower—locking Gowan out.</p><p>Now Gowan faces his greatest challenge. Neither commands nor reason work with his spirited young bride. How can he convince her to give him the keys to the tower…</p><p>When she already has the keys to his heart?</p><p></p>