Minerva Highwood, the staunch spinster from Spindle Cove, needs to be in Scotland. Lord Payne, the first-class rake, wants to be anywhere but in Spindle Cove. Two unlikely accomplices have a week to fake an escape, convince family and friends of their love, escape from armed bandits, survive their worst nightmares, and travel four hundred miles without killing each other. And to do all this while sharing a cramped carriage during the day and one bed at night. They don't have time for growing affection. And even more so, they cannot spend precious hours revealing each other’s souls, exposing their hearts. But suddenly it turns out that a week is enough to find a million problems. And maybe... just maybe... find love.