27 year old Lord Rotham must marry to secure his inheritance, and decides to turns the search for a bride into a wager with his cronies. As he follows through with the terms of the bet, he is horrified when the woman he chooses by chance turns out to be none other than his first love, who he believes jilted him for no reason six years earlier. 23 year old Claire Ellison is now a widow after an unhappy marriage, and is determined not to let Lord Rotham steal her heart again.