Newly returned from the Napoleonic Wars, the members of the Bastion Club are used to command - and in the matter of marriage, they are all determined to make their own choice.
Tristan Wemyss, Earl of Trentham, will lose his inheritance unless he weds within the year. He refuses to be hounded by the matchmaking matrons of the ton and their flighty unmarried daughters. But could the lady of his choosing be right beneath his nose?
Miss Leonora Carling, neighbour to the Bastion Club, has turned her back on marriage. So this seasoned campaigner must commence a battle of wills - offering his services as protector, seducer, and ultimately husband.
