Disillusioned with romantic love, Lady Harriet, Hattie, is looking forward to becoming a spinster and forever hiding her shameful secret. A notorious recluse, Lord Hatherop, Percy, has a secret of his own he wishes to keep such and no intention to marry any time soon. Fate—in the person of a mother anxious to marry her daughter at all costs—places them together in the same room, alone. The honorable thing to do is marry in haste. When the ghosts from the past threaten the newlyweds’ future, will the strong chemistry between them be enough to save their marriage?