Penelope just wants to enjoy life, have a little bit of adventure, but when her father decides to use her to pay his gambling debts, she has to get out of London, before she ends up married! Johnathan is a notorious rake, his impending betrothal is nothing more than familial duty. When he spies the beautiful Penelope at a ball, he would never have guessed she was his intended. Whisking her away on the pretense of saving her from a loveless marriage, can he convince her that life with him isn't as bad as she thinks it will be?