Sussex, England. At the beginning of the 19th century, a bride marches into her wedding with a gun in hand, ready to kill her groom. What has led to Alexandra Rawdon drawing arms against her future husband, Lord Richard Anthony Deverell? She agrees to an ultimatum: Anthony has six months to prove that he did not kill her father. If he can't, she can end things. To what lengths will Anthony go to prove to his wife that he's not her father's murderer?
On the trail to find out the truth of who is a real traitor, Alexandra and Richard are doubly undercover. First, they've entered into a marriage only as part of a contract, and second, Alexandra's been masquerading as a man to sneak into places proper women dare not enter. Despite these disguises, will they be able to show their true selves to each other?