Sophie Apperly has spent her whole life pleasing others
- but when she realises her family see her less as indispensable treasure & more as general dogsbody she decides shes had enough. So when an old friend offers her the chance of a lifetime she decides to swap Little England for the Big Apple & heads off to the land of opportunity. From the moment Sophie hits the bright lights of Manhattan shes determined to enjoy every minute of her big adventure. & when fate throws her together with Matilda a spirited grande dame of New York society who invites her to Connecticut for Thanksgiving she willingly accepts. English-born Matilda is delighted with her new friend
- though her grandson Luke undeniably attractive but infuriatingly arrogant is anything but welcoming. When Luke arrives in England a few weeks later Sophie hardly expects him to seek her out. But Matilda has hatched some complicated plans of her own
- & so Luke has a proposal to make.. .