Eady Whitney, who has to disappear from London for a while, goes to the Scottish Highlands for the winter, and retired secret agent and old family friend Alec Gilbride is only too happy to welcome her to his castle. In his early youth, he left his home with a scandal to avoid marrying his cousin, and now he hopes that the resourceful and sensitive Edie will help him resolve this awkward situation. However, the unexpected happens: Edie and Alec fall in love with each other, passionately and madly. What about engagement? And how will the Highlander relatives perceive the desire of the heir to a Scottish earldom to marry an Englishwoman?...