Pledged to the infamous Lord Rolfe, beautiful Lady Leonie cringes at the thought of her impending marriage, but her fears crumble when she meets the handsome man who comes to claim his bride.

Threatened by powerful enemies, William Blackburn, Earl of Ketterham, lives in exile in the Scottish Highlands with his daughter, Vanessa. When she comes of age, William urges her to return to her mother in England to make her debut. Raised with all the advantages and freedom a boy would have, Vanessa doubts she can fit into the mold of a proper young lady. Still, she agrees to reenter fashionable society, determined to end the vendetta against her...