Her hand in marriage traded in a game of cards, innocent 22 year old Lottie is completely out of her depth engaged to consummate bachelor 29 year old Lord Rothsay. Not only is he a prolific womanizer, he's also got a ruthless streak, leaving Lottie fearful about revealing that she isn't the woman he'd agreed to marry! Rothsay should have no qualms about ending this folly of a betrothal, especially when he learns he has been deceived. But sweet-natured Lottie has got under his skin and suddenly he wants to turn his inconvenient fiancee into a wife for real.