She should have guessed there'd be a formal dinner the first night. Well, they did say no rest for the wicked, and she would say her thoughts about Nate had been very wicked indeed. Not just the getting-him-naked part, but also the pushing of every single one of his buttons to see just how good that iron control of his really was.

The state dinner at Government House had been precisely as awful as she'd predicted. Eight courses. Speeches that went on long enough for her to mentally redecorate ...