As the eldest of three sisters, Harriet was supposed to take over the historic sugar mill in Kävlinge after her father's death. Instead, she has moved to Lund and work as a librarian, handing over the daily responsibility of the sugar factory to a reliable manager. Also doing what she can to hide her rich background, as a daughter in one of Sweden’s richest families.

When her younger sister Desirée announces that she is getting married and that it will take place at Christmas, at home in Kävlinge, Harriet realizes that she must come home and please her sisters wishes. It worries her to be forced to go back and face parts of her old life.

Once there, she needs to prepare the Christmas celebration and wedding, and make sure that everything is ready for the groom and his in many ways very strange and eccentric family. It soon turns out that the groom's brother, Baron Edvin Nattyxne, also intends to join them. For Harriet, the Baron is unbearable, provocative and in an annoying way also absolutely wonderful to mess with.

One drama follows another during the weeks of preparations and right up until the very end it feels uncertain whether the wedding will really happen – is there something the groom is hiding, or is it just nerves playing tricks on the bride-to-be? As if that weren't enough, Harriet is also forced to realize that the sugar mill, her father's pride and legacy, is on the verge of collapse. She simply must take responsibility and try to save it too before it's too late... And for each day, as her feelings grow for the Baron, his and the groom’s awkward family makes Harriet feel that something is very, very wrong …

387 pages

Reviews:

”This is not grumpy/ sunshine but grumpy/ grumpy and it is among the best I have read!” Camilla's choice in Bonnier's book club