He is domineering, intolerant, does not believe in love, but retains in his soul the memory of his first youthful passion. She is timid, shy, considers herself homely, destined by fate itself to be a faithful wife and caring mother and betrayed by her groom on the eve of the wedding. Their life paths crossed, and one night was enough for him to offer her his hand... but not his heart. Is the heroine capable of an arranged marriage? And is he happy in this world without love?

Note 2021: Published under the pseudonym Joanna Langton, but author Lynn Graham.