When Lady Lydia Anne Beaumont, at her grandfather’s request, seeks out another man who she hopes is a better heir to the Beaumont’s Estate and vast wealth, than the present one, little does she know that she has met her match in Alexander Martin, as they both take an instant dislike to each other. It isn’t long before a battle of wits and wills begins between Lydia and Alexander, and Lydia soon begins to regret her decision to seek out the new Heir to Aveley Hall, even if he is handsome and has a very strange effect on her.