Rhys 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.

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.

Her father accepts his offer, but Edie’s inability to hide her feelings makes pretending impossible, and when their marriage implodes, she retreats to a tower - locking Rhys out. Now Rhys 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… when she already has the keys to his heart?