The marriage deadline Tessa is on a mission of mercy. She can barely afford the visit to England to check that her newly orphaned nephew will be all right with his grandmother. Then she plans to return to Australia and her fiancé.But it all goes awry as soon as she steps onto the plane and meets Charles Cameron. He's an Australian farmer who's just become the thirteenth Earl of Dalston, and he has an inheritance to protect, for others more than himself. He needs a bride by Friday—his thirtieth birthday—and Tessa fits the bill....