She was prepared to hate him on sight - the brash American who inherited her family estate. So Audra Sheffield disguised herself as a boy and accosted the new owner at gunpoint, demanding that he sign Sheffield Manor back over to her. When that ploy failed, Audra tried another, this time masquerading as a housemaid. Amused, Nick Brannon played along. Nothing could have prepared her for Nick's rakish charm, his seductive gaze, or his next challenge: marriage, the perfect solution.