Simon Hawkins, Duke of Trent, was rightfully considered the most eligible bachelor in England, however, despite the grief of the famous beauties of high society, he still had love for the lovely maid Sarah, Simon's first love... a love from which he shamefully fled. But circumstances again bring the Duke to the family estate after many years of absence, and a new meeting awaits him with Sarah, who has become even more beautiful and still loves him just as faithfully. Feelings, once buried, flare up with renewed vigor, but what can the Duke of Trent, a hostage of his title, offer his beloved?