Can a hidden identity lead to true love?

Lady Penelope Strachan isnt willing to settle when it comes to marriage. She loves her home, loves living in rural Northumberland, and is rather sick of her dowry being of more interest than her personality.

Alone and despairing after a sudden storm washes away her sailing boat with her at the helm, she finds herself on the shores of Scotland, and in the way of the short-tempered Duke of Dunloch.

It seems like the perfect opportunity to get to know a man without societys stupid rules or obsession with her wealth But will the grumpy Duke pass all the tests she sets him?

And will he forgive her once he discovers her deception?

This is a SWEET Regency romance with a prickly hero and a heroine keen to conceal her identity