Lord Domenic Stanhope was handsome, charming, wealthy and possessed of a roving eye. To him marriage meant freedom to pursue his amorous affairs. All he required was a suitable and docile wife.

Christina Frame was beautiful and well-bred. But she was a spirited girl who cared nothing for convention or appearances. She felt it her duty to protect the innocent and did not hesitate to rescue a juvenile pickpocket nor to invade a notorious brothel.

The viscount spent all his time extricating Christina from scrapes. And gradually, it dawned on him that there were more important things than freedom.