Beautiful, quick-tempered Lady Rosalind Carberry is determined to rule Thornbury House--her inheritance--as a free and single woman. But when her childhood nemesis, the handsome Drake Rothwell, returns to claim the estate as his rightful inheritance, the Rose of Thornbury is ready to fight for what is hers. But she doesnÆt expect their merry battle to result in the temptation to surrender a much more precious territory to this handsome rogue--her heart!