Alex Ridgley, Duke of Ashbourne, is young, handsome, rich and... afraid of marriage networks like fire. He especially cannot stand assertive American heiresses who come to London in order to get titled husbands at any cost!

The Duke of Ashbourne is more likely to become an outcast from society and the subject of ridicule, having taken a cheerful, witty, and also very pretty wife cook Emma, who saved the life of his little nephew!

At first, this idea seems like a joke to the Duke. But each new meeting with Emma ignites the flame of passion in his heart more and more, and soon the thought of marrying Emma takes Ashbourne seriously...