Bound by centuries of bad blood, England's two most powerful families maintain a veneer of civility ... until the heir to the staggering Redmond fortune disappears, reviving rumours of an ancient curse: a Redmond and an Eversea are destined to fall disastrously in love once per generation. It was said she broke Lyon Redmond's heart. But while many a man has since wooed the dazzling Olivia Eversea, none has ever won her - which is why jaws drop when she suddenly accepts a viscount's proposal. Now London waits with bated breath for the wedding of a decade ... and wagers on the return of an heir.