When Nicola Gordon and her younger sisters travel from India to England, she goes to a marriage she doesn't want. Drew Barlow has no desire for marriage, but his distant cousin and Nicola's grandfather, ran the estates into debt. Drew agrees to the marriage for the money and to please the Dowager, Nicola's grandmother, but he has no trust for women or for love. When the two meet they clash and come together, igniting a blazing attraction they cannot resist.