From old friend... To future husband? Anna Liese Preston is caught off-guard by the Christmas return of Peter Penneyjons. The childhood friend she's always loved has grown into the handsome and eligible Lord Cliverton-the perfect husband for her stepsister! Or so thinks her scheming stepmother... Marrying Peter herself would save him from that miserable match, but Anna Liese has a dilemma. She only wants to marry for love-and Peter sees marriage as purely duty...