Susanne James has enjoyed creative writing since childhood, completing her first - and sadly unpublished - novel by the age of twelve. She has three grown-up children who are her pride and joy, and who all live happily in Oxfordshire with their families. Susanne was always happy to put the needs of her family before her ambition to write seriously, although along the way some published articles for magazines and newspapers helped to keep the dream alive!

Devastatingly desirable hotshot lawyer Sebastian Conway has a string of glamorous socialites available to escort him to every social occasion-so why would this playboy billionaire ever want to settle down? But Sebastian is also the Conway heir, and the time has come for him to do his duty and return to his family's seat in Cornwall, the grand Pengarroth Hall estate.... At an exclusive weekend gathering, Sebastian discovers pretty, virginal Fleur Richardson, who gets flustered at his every word. Sebastian finds himself beguiled. Maybe Fleur's not so much potential mistress material as the future mistress of Pengarroth Hall-if only Sebastian can overcome his allergy to marriage....