In this sweet historical romance, a British noble’s reluctant American bride discovers that their match is more than perfect. England, 1889. Though she stands to inherit her grandfather’s fortune, Clementine Maccoish prefers her work as a schoolteacher to the gaiety of high society. But when her pretty cousin runs off with a charlatan, it falls to Clementine to fulfill her grandfather’s wish and marry into English nobility. Loyal to a fault, she agrees to leave California for dreary England, where she will marry a man she’s never met.On a sleepless night in London, Clementine is drawn to a nearby garden by the sound of a fountain-only to rescues a handsome stranger from drowning in it. She’s stunned to discover the man is none other than the Earl of Fencroft-the man she’s conveniently betrothed to! The Earl has a reputation for being a man of mystery, and he is less than forthcoming about what led to his strange and perilous predicament. Intrigued by his secrets, Clementine wishes to find out the truth before she walks down the aisle to wed him!