Fiona Turner wonders which impossible task will be the death of her: renovating a massive, deteriorating, centuries-old English mansion and making it worthy of the Queen of England, or turning an American farmer into a proper English duchess.

Fresh off a painful divorce, Fiona seizes the opportunity to restore Alabarden Park and assist the house's new duchess, an effervescent American named Alice Stewart. Openly smitten, Alice's affection for her challenges Fiona's commitment to a professional distance and self-imposed ban on relationships.

Fiona Turner wonders which impossible task will be the death of her: letting Alice into her battered, broken heart, or keeping her out.

Fiona Turner is about to face two, equally impossible challenges: repair a deteriorating, centuries-old estate in time to host the Queen of England, and turn an all-American farmer into a proper English duchess.

Fresh off a painful divorce, Fiona seizes the opportunity to renovate Alabarden Park and assist its new duchess, Alice Stewart--an effervescent, unpretentious American whose open attraction to Fiona intrigues and unsettles her. As their mutual feelings grow stronger, the professional distance Fiona put between them begins to crumble.

Now, Fiona is faced with two new, equally impossible challenges: keep Alice out of her battered, broken heart, or risk everything and let her in.