Arabelle Lamar, a Viscount's virtuous daughter, is thrilled when a charming military man offers her a ride in his coach during a blizzard. While her mother forbids the coach full of men to converse with her, Lt. Simon Laurence flirts with her in bold and silent ways. Thereafter, Arabelle cannot forget him, though he is of a lower station than the men she is allowed to know.
Why did her mother drag her out of her sheltered country life to foist her into worldly London society? Her aim is to hook a husband with the highest title and heaviest purse. She launches Arabelle on a dangerous path that distresses her, and demands great strength of conscience to defy.
While staying in the home of the famous Lord Chesterfield, Arabelle becomes the prey of undesirable men. There is only one man whose noble character she grows to love, but he is firmly engaged to a jealous woman. The mysterious courting of the forbidden Arabelle is fraught with obstacles, but Simon's driving goal is to smash the evil schemes of men with designs upon her, for he cannot stand to see her ruined.
Can Arabelle decide what is right in the greatest moral dilemma of her life? What can possibly be the outcome of the duel clashing in her heart?
