Sir Charles Osbourne has made a promise against his better judgment. He will rescue one Miss Maria Monkton and deliver her to her betrothed; a man whose reputation he little cares for.

Maria is taken aback when Charles strides toward her with the silent sureness of a wolf. Travelling alone with him is unsettling. And then it hits her: should she marry a man she doesn't know when she's falling in love with her rescuer; a man with no mind for marriage!