About the book: 2003 / Conqueror of Hearts Miles Ripley, Lord Severn, is obliged, alas, to marry in order to acquire an heir - but is determined not to cheat on his bachelor habits. Therefore, the crazy idea to take the modest “old maid” Abigail Gardiner as a wife and turn her into an “ideal wife” seems to be the best way out of the situation! But fate lays treacherous snares for the incorrigible bachelor. And now he, captivated by Abigail’s intelligence, brilliance and charm, burns in the flames of passion - and is ready on his knees to beg for reciprocity... his own wife!