Lady Emily Carroll is the daughter of an Earl very beautiful but very very shy, she is nicknamed the ice princess, her parents are not all that rich and need to marry her off. After getting caught in a compromising situation at a ball with Nicholas Duke of Manning, they are now betrothed, this is the story of their growing love for one another, there is plenty of romance in this book and passion as well. The bad guy is written very subtley not overdone like some books, all in all a very pleasant read.