Clarice Altwood can hardly be called timid and shy. She is the complete opposite of those young ladies whom Baron Jack Warnfleet resolutely rejected, believing that they were not suitable for him for marriage. Clarice is unusually attractive and also an enviable bride, so why is she withering away in the provinces?! Jack senses that there is a secret behind this, and it soon becomes clear that Clarice is in danger. He must do everything possible and impossible to protect this independent and passionate girl... who stole his heart so easily.