Devastated by the deaths of his wife and daughters, Alexander, the Duke of Rochester, vows never to love again. Drinking and gambling numb the pain while he searches for a woman to enter a marriage of convenience and produce an heir. The beautiful Lady Isobel Drummond seems ideal for the task, and the union saves her family from financial ruin. But Alexander's high-handed and dissolute ways soon drive Isobel away, just as he acknowledges his growing feelings for her. Can he convince his beloved that he is a changed man? And can Isobel ever regain trust in the man she once loved?