The Heart of the Matter — Diana Burke

Miss Regina Cressley had put all thoughts of romance behind her. At thirty-two she had committed the unpardonable -- and unladylike -- sin of becoming managing director of her own company. A legacy to be sure, but one she had guided to brilliant new heights in the past twelve years.

But now other problems drew her away from the boardroom to Grantly, her family's gracious country estate, to save her young cousin from a precipitous marriage -- just as she had been saved so long ago. How could she know that the very man she had refused, Lord Alistair Grantham, would be there to torment her yet again with memories of what might have been...and dangerously seductive whispers of what yet could be...

Hero: Lord Alistair Grantham
Heroine: Miss Regina Cressley