When Harriet Carmichael's world comes crashing down, she's still able to count her blessings. Forget London, her failing career and her unfaithful fiance—an unexpected legacy of a cottage and stables in an Irish village beckons!

Her fresh start on the Emerald Isle is soon threatened: her new neighbor is ruthless businessman Rafael Cavaliere. It was Rafael's asset-stripping activities that cost Harriet her job and now it seems he's entitled to half her inheritance.

But Rafael has a way with him: always on hand to smooth Harriet's path as she handles livestock and the locals, he oozes sex and charm. Though at risk of becoming just another notch on Rafael's bedpost, Harriet decides that she'll let him sweep her up in a heady affair......