Lady Isabel Calvert hides her true spirit from everyone, especially her best friends brother, Douglas, whom she secretly admires. Isabels older brother attempts to do the unthinkable and one night he almost succeeds. After the incident, her fathers superstition nature induces him to send her to an asylum. She must escape, her only hopeDouglas Kerr. Isabel is no shrinking violet, but she intends to be the timid woman all men want in hope that Douglas will love her.

Laird Douglas Kerr is forlorn at his mission to find a wife. He was charming, wasnt he? At least thats what everyone teases him about. Douglas is asked by his sister to retrieve her friend, Isabel, the fiery, red-haired, cat-eyed, temptress hed met when he escorted his sister home for their fathers burial. When he meets the woman again, he doesnt find the hellion he believes her to be. Nay, shes a sweet, coy woman who intrigues him. As Douglas life becomes complicated with mysterious happenings, he might also find the love hes been missing all his life. Can this dagger-wielding woman win the heart of the charmer?