Emma was a woman, not an immature girl At eighteen, Emma Price had run away from Nicholas Voss when he asked her to marry him. She felt she could not fulfill his expectations.

Now, five years later, to her amazement, Nicholas was about to take over Whitewayes, her family estate and a local show place. Emma couldn't face sharing this stately house with this arrogant man.

But Nicholas had plans for Whitewayes-and for Emma. There would be no running away this time!