The Marquess and Marchioness of Clydon request the pleasure of your company this December at their annual Christmas house party. Honored guests are invited to spend this Christmastide at Carcliffe Castle, where a suite of winter adventures and explorations will be enjoyed by all . . . Harriet Pratt's place on the shelf is becoming more firmly solidified with each passing season. When her longtime friend Madison invites her to spend Christmas in the country, it is the perfect excuse for Harriet to escape her mother's disappointed glances. But she soon discovers that Carcliffe Castle is a place of mystery, where new adventures . . . and temptations . . . await around every corner. When he arrives to spend the holidays with his longtime family friends, Leland Bowden, Viscount Bayfield, is looking forward to a quiet and contemplative retreat. But his hostess has different plans in mind, and before long Lee finds himself again and again in the presence of the beguiling Miss Pratt. It seems that the very walls of Carcliffe Castle are conspiring to throw them together. Before long, Lee begins to wonder if it is fate--or something headier--that is playing with their hearts.