EVERY RELATIONSHIP HAS ITS UPS AND DOWNS - When Adelaide Formsby-Smythe insults the Duke of Selridge to the point she sees her own murder in his eyes, her wish that the ground would open up and swallow her seems a perfectly reasonable response. Until it does. Thus, Major Marcus Winfield, now the Duke of Selridge, ends the worst year of his life by falling into an underground cave with the younger sister of his former fiancée. An offense punishable by-marriage! EVERY MARRIAGE HAS ITS SECRETS - Although he never imagined marrying Adelaide, Marcus decides they will limp along quite well together. There's no need to mention he's being blackmailed... or that his irritating new wife fills his nights with a passion he cannot deny. Adelaide, however, having unexpectedly married the man of her dreams, will settle for nothing less than her new husband's heart. She'll make him love her. Far less bothersome that way when she has to tell him she's a thief. And possibly a murderess.

AFTER ALL, EVEN THE ROAD TO FOREVER HAS A FEW BUMPS ALONG THE WAY.