Miss Penelope Blayne, a highly competent, well-traveled young woman of twenty-six, is furious when her aunt appoints a male guardian for herself and her inheritance. Most particularly, because the guardian, Jason Lisbourne, Earl of Rocksley, is the husband she has not seen in the decade since the extraordinary circumstances surrounding their wedding in a land far away. Alas, between rumors of Penny's time in a harem and the machinations of Jason's mistress, matters do not go well. Penny finally cuts the Gordian knot, leaving Jason to decide if his youthful excess of heroism was worth it, or is it time to forget their marriage ever happened?