George Pembroke, Duke of Ashbury, returned from the battlefields scarred and absolutely certain that these scars would terrify any girl. However, he needs a wife and heir, and therefore the poor young milliner Emma Gladstone, who once appeared in his library, receives an incredible offer ...The Duke's conditions are simple: no romance, nothing personal. As soon as Emma gives birth to a son, she gets rid of her marital duty forever.Thinking, the girl agrees, but the duke does not suspect: she hopes to change this sad and harsh man and prove to him that there are no scars in the world that love, tenderness and cheerful laughter would not heal.