A determined womanLady Bella de Vere's matchmaking mother has vowed to win her a duke and nothing less. But Bella secretly yearns for her brother's enigmatic American friend, Mr. Jesse Whitney, even if he's determined to treat her as nothing more than a younger sister.A man with a pastA Confederate veteran adrift since the Civil War's end, Jesse's been through the fires of hell and back. He knows he should stay far away from his best friend's beautiful...