The future Earl of Wrexham, too busy with a mistress to woo the slightly crazy but rich Lady Meriel Grahame, asks Dominic, his poor twin brother to woo her for him in return for an estate. When Dominic falls in love, he faces a dilemma--woman or estate?

During a stopover on an island in the East Indies on his voyage to London, wealthy American merchant Gavin Elliott rescues beautiful widow Alexandra Warren, kidnapped by pirates, from a slave auction