Isadora Carrington, is the young daughter of a country gentleman's family. Her family are ambitious to make connections with the aristocracy, and have a long time ago arranged her marriage to the young heir to an earldom, Lord Roger Blackmore, through a gentleman's agreement.

But Isadora Carrington is determined to marry for love. She cannot abide what a cold, haples Blackmore is and wants nothing to do with him. How can a man be so dispassionate and lack all sensibility?

However her assumptions could not be further from the truth, because in reality the Earl is enchanted. Indeed, for him it seems like love at first sight. But somehow he needs to surmount his own reserved nature if he is to win the enchanting Isadora. Because truth be told, he only wants the arrangement if she is willing.