Ever since a mysterious fortuneteller informed Miss Wilhelmina Throssell that she'd soon meet her true love - a one-eyed commander - Mina's thought of little else. She never imagined marriage was in the stars for her or that she had a true love out there somewhere. Anywhere. Lieutenant-Colonel Nathaniel Carrick, Viscount Healeyfield returned home from the battlefields with nothing but his honor, his excellent eye-sight, and a crumbling abbey to his name. As luck would have it however, his wealthy mentor has a daughter of marriageable age that he'd like to see wed before he dies. Almost...

Miss Lucinda Potts is in desperate need for an escape from her brother's home. When a handsome stranger suggests in passing that she should leave England in search of adventure, she becomes enthralled with the idea. Andrew Yeats, the prodigal and scandalous Viscount Brookfield, never thought the delightful Miss Potts would take his suggestion about international adventure to heart, but she's done just that. Guilt and concern over her safety plague him, and Drew becomes just as determined to save the lady as she is for her escape.