The young Earl of Dun wants to increase his holdings by purchasing the lands he likes from his neighbor, Lord Rat. However, he offers a different solution - the count will receive the lands for free... but only as a dowry for the lord’s eldest daughter, Annabella, who is not at all a beauty who has spent too much time as a maiden. Is the first groom of the Scottish Borders ready to enter into a dull marriage of convenience? Why not? Will a “gray mouse” wife prevent her from enjoying life outside of marriage? Anabella’s fate is decided. The bride is forced to walk down the aisle... However, both she and Dun, who was flattered by her dowry, have yet to learn that true love, ardent, passionate and devoted, is not always nourished by beauty alone...