Summary
Hazel once adored her gentle, intelligent childhood friend—the duke’s cherished son—but now knows her place as a low-ranking baron’s daughter. Marriage is out of the question. She returns home with a new ambition: admiring muscular men in fighting arenas and touching royal hunks’ chests. But when she tries to distance herself by poking the frail young master, she discovers something unexpected. “What’s going on here?” she stammers. His surprising response leaves her utterly confused.