Young Master Fox is the best prospect to be had this side of Bristol: charming, handsome and educated, it's no secret that he could have had his pick of minor nobility had he not returned to the family holdings outside Scorch Norton and there met Mistress Criddle of Withringhold Farm.

Though still given to a little genial flirting and the odd night out with the lads, it's known about the village that Janet brought home the prize in terms of his heart. The disappearance of Polly Durbin laid something of a shadow over his upcoming wedding, but as a gentleman he was quite prepared to set it by a week or so to help as best he might.

An unplanned duel led to the marriage being completed in a rush, but Nathan does not seem to have resented the hurry. How could he, when it brings the girl he loves into his home and official family at last?