Can ten kisses heal a wounded heart?

Jonas Langford, Duke of Ramsdale, knows he is a beast and no one can possibly love him.

He was the ton’s most eligible and desired bachelor before the Napoleonic War left him horribly scarred and had him retreating to Langford Hall in the quiet Yorkshire village of Broadmoor to live out his life in solitude.

That is, until one Miss Ailis Temple, the beautiful spinster he thinks of as Miss Temple of Virtue, tumbles off her horse in front of his home and dislocates her shoulder.

What else is a duke to do with a snowstorm approaching...

Can ten kisses heal a wounded heart?

Jonas Langford, Duke of Ramsdale, knows he is a beast and no one can possibly love him.

He was the ton’s most eligible and desired bachelor before the Napoleonic War left him horribly scarred and had him retreating to Langford Hall in the quiet Yorkshire village of Broadmoor to live out his life in solitude.

That is, until one Miss Ailis Temple, the beautiful spinster he thinks of as Miss Temple of Virtue, tumbles off her horse in front of his home and dislocates her shoulder.

What else is a duke to do with a snowstorm approaching but take her in and tend to her wounds?

She came to him seeking charity contributions for the local vicarage, however he strikes a bargain with her.

She is to give him ten kisses, a hundred pounds a kiss, he says, never believing she will accept his terms.

But she does, and Jonas realizes his life may never be the same again.

Although Ailis is the one with the injured shoulder, is it possible he is the one who will be healed by her love?