Mr. McAllister Sets his Cap

the long version

A PASSION HIDDEN Widowed from an unhappy arranged marriage, Emily Wallace, The Dowager Viscountess Tuncliffe, is determined to become an independent woman. Finding her newly inherited London townhouse in desperate need of repair, she hires Duncan McAllister, a disquietingly attractive Scottish architect, to undertake renovations. She soon finds her Berkeley Square home is not the only thing that seems to be reviving under his expert ministrations... A LOVE DISCOVERED Intrigued by the promise of a prestigious Mayfair commission, Duncan McAllister is nonetheless skeptical of working for the widow of an erstwhile nemesis--surely she would make an unpleasant client? But from the moment he meets Emily Wallace until he stumbles upon an intriguing secret she keeps, he finds nothing to be further from the truth...as his designs for her home become designs on her heart.