Virginia Waverly stubbornly blames Lord Gabriel Sharpe for the death of her brother at the races - and intends to take revenge. But Lord Gabriel struck her in the heart by proposing to marry him! Become the wife of an unwitting, but murderer of a loved one? This is out of the question, even though the irresistible lord is the only one who can save Virginia from ruin. However, very soon the disgust and rage of the young Lady Waverley develops into trust in Gabriel. And from trust there is only a step to love, ardent, passionate, irresistible...