Frustrated by the constraints of her upper-class lifestyle and her inability to inherit the family estate, Lady Emma Templeton-Scott takes advantage of the timely inheritance of a country cottage to make an independent life for herself. But will the arrival into her life of the, to her mind, bossy and
masterful, Daniel Thornton, thwart herstruggle? Cansheignore
her increasing attraction to him and focus on her career? Or will they both lead her into trouble?