The new Earl of Wraxham, Lionel Westfall, is unprepared to move from town life to the doldrums of his late father's estate. He is even less prepared to find Sophie Bowerbank. The girl has turned voluptuous woman, but she is still the rector's daughter he'd tenderly kissed across the barrier of the kissing gatethe girl who twenty years ago had given him his only taste of love. With six rebellious sons from a previous marriage, Lionel needs help. And Sophie seems the perfect choice. If she would take a chance on him, he would finish what they began so long agohe would usher her through the kissing gate onto the glorious path beyond. Historical Romance Book Club selection!