Several years ago, Shona Imrie, out of false pride, rejected the proposal of the hero of the Napoleonic Wars, Gordon McDermond, not believing in his love. And even more so, she does not intend to believe Gordon’s feelings now that she finds herself alone and poor, and he has become a rich baronet. However, a true Scot is, above all, stubborn. And Gordon, for whom she still remains the only woman in the world, does not intend to give up: Shauna, the dream of his whole life, must belong to him body and soul.