With two men on an elopement to Gretna Green, who is the right groom?With her mercenary family set against her throwing herself away on an army officer, Claire Roxburgh sees no choice but to elope to Gretna Green for a marriage across the anvil. But on the journey north, she discovers that the best man for her may actually be her captain's best man.Captain Alan Carlton is ready to think his friend has found himself a flighty, headstrong girl—who else would elope in the dead of night with Harry? But Claire's sunny nature and her ability to withstand any hardship, leaves Carlton impatient with his friend for not valuing this girl. By the time they reach Gretna, he has become more than a friend to her. But how can he betray his friend to marry the woman he loves?