Julia Frant has secretly loved Alec MacLean the wild Viscount Hunterston from afar. So when he accidentally snatches her instead of her lovely scheming cousin for an elopement to Gretna Green Julia leaps at the chance to make her passionate dreams come true.

Alecs in no position to quibble: if he doesnt marry by midnight and live scandal-free for a year he loses his inheritance. At least marriage with do-gooder Julia will guarantee his fortune. But as his plain brown wren transforms herself into an elegant swan Alec suddenly cant stay away from his last-minute wife--and when he kisses her the inheritance is the last thing on his mind. Unfortunately scandal can occur from the best of intentions...and Julia is never short of good intentions!What can a respectable Regency miss do when kidnapped by a nobleman intent on marriage? Why marry him of course.

Julia Frant has secretly loved Alec MacLean the wild Viscount Hunterston from afar. So when he accidentally snatches her instead of her lovely scheming cousin for an elopement to Gretna Green Julia leaps at the chance to make her passionate dreams come true.

Alecs in no position to quibble: if he doesnt marry by midnight and live scandal-free for a year he loses his inheritance. At least marriage with do-gooder Julia will guarantee his fortune. But as his plain brown wren transforms herself into an elegant swan Alec suddenly cant stay away from his last-minute wife---and when he kisses her the inheritance is the last thing on his mind. Unfortunately scandal can occur from the best of intentions...and Julia is never short of good intentions!