Since her debut, the beautiful and bold Lady Catherine Brentwood, daughter of the Duke of Aubry, has been sought after by every eligible nobleman who would like nothing better than to call her "wife." After two Seasons of galas and balls, she becomes restless and resigned to never finding the man she wishes to marry. She happily leaves the pretense of London's Season when her cousin Edward invites her to Beaumont Manor. While there, she meets his man of business, Mr. Alistair Chapman, a man seemingly immune to her attributes, and becomes uncommonly flustered. Catherine cannot believe that the gentleman who has finally captured her heart only wants to be her friend, or does he?