A second chance at love. A decade of regret. And one Christmas house party that changes everything.

James Grafton, Viscount Gowthorpe, is out of time and options. To save his estate, he needs a wealthy wife-and fast. Reluctantly, he turns to the ton's most sought-after matchmaker, Lady Match, only to come face-to-face with the one woman he never forgot: Penelope Ward, the woman he abandoned to scandal ten years ago.

Lady Penelope Ward has built a fortress around her heart. As the shrewd and successful Lady Match, she pairs others with the happiness she's certain she can never have. But James's reappearance threatens to shatter the careful independence she's fought to maintain. Now he's not just a painful memory-he's her new client.

When a week-long Christmas house party traps them under the same roof, the professional lines she's drawn begin to blur. Every stolen glance and accidental touch rekindles the passion she's long since buried. James came to find a suitable bride, but he soon realises the only woman he wants is his matchmaker... and this time, he'll risk everything to make her his.