Donald, the Marquess of Campbell, receives a letter to go to one of his estates immediately. Unhappy with having to leave London, he journeys to Scotland and discovers his problem is a woman, who is also now his ward. Lady Bridget MacDuff is not happy about having a man being her guardian. She has a wealthy dowry and plans to use it to open a women's home for those who have been abused. She is very passionate about this and has intentions of marrying any man. Cam wants to marry Bridget off ASAP. Cam and Bridget go head to head on many issues. Once a woman marries, her husband owns her, which is something Bridget does not want. Cam has a father who was terrible to him and has no plans of marriage, in part to spite his father but also believes he would be like his father. Cam has an arrogant attitude and is high-handed, making assumptions based in what society perceives as how woman are expected to be. Bridget enjoys things men do, which causes some conflict with Cam, since she is not your typical English woman. Bridget agrees to try and find a husband if Cam helps her with finding a house for her project. Of course, Bridget has no intention of marrying, since every man she meets would not accept her for who she is or try to control her. When circumstances force them together, it causes much tension between them, since both are stubborn. To overcome it, they must put aside preconceived notions about the opposite sex so they can accept they other as they are.

After suffering under his tyrannical and abusive father, Donald, the Marquess of Campbell has decided the best way for him to avoid turning out like him is to never marry and never have children.  Cam is happy devoting himself to his duties in Parliament so when he's called back to his estate near the Scottish border to retrieve his new ward, his first thought is to marry her off as soon as possible so he can proceed to go about his business.  With her beauty and large fortune, it should be a piece of cake.

Lady Bridget MacDuff is furious at having a guardian.  She is eager to be rid of him and chastises herself for noticing how handsome he is.  She just wants the fortune she's not set to inherit for another 18 months; she has time sensitive plans to use it to open a home for abused women.  She certainly has no plans to ever marry herself.

Cam doesn't have the same satisfied feeling he usually does upon returning to his life in London, likely because his three best friends have all married now.  But he knows he's not marriage material, no matter how possessive he's growing to feel about Bridget.  He needs to get her settled so he offers her a compromise: he'll help her set up her women's home if she'll seriously consider the men she's meeting for marriage.  She agrees, surprised to find in Cam a supporter of her efforts to help abused women, though not as surprised as Cam is by his own reaction to seeing other men drooling over Bridget.

These two have an immediate spark but do get to know each other before falling in love with a bit of a dramatic conclusion.  Cam was very unlikable for me at first with his high-handedness and assumptions about women and every time he redeemed himself by proving to be sweet and caring, he'd go on to do something else that reminded me of why I didn't like him.  He proved himself to be rather a hypocrite near the end and he messed things up so royally it looked like a truly happy ending wasn't possible.  Luckily for him, Bridget was much more forgiving that I would've been and Cam realized he was being an idiot in time to fix it.  I enjoyed this read overall, but definitely not one of my favorite heroes.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book.  All thoughts and opinions are my own.