Book #1 Liaison with the Champagne Count. Recently widowed Antonia Lytton-Popplewell is determined to carve her place in a man's world. Yet turning a property in London into a world-class department store isn't easy. Especially when her inheritance comes with strings in the form of her late husband's business partner, Lord Cullen Allardyce. To ensure success, Antonia needs Cullen's guidance. But her alliance with society's notorious rebel becomes even more complicated when begrudging respect turns into mutual desire.