Phoebe Whittington is in exile in Shropshire after a scandal ostracizes her from polite society. She has a plan to remedy her current plight: marry the Earl of Collumby. Full scheme ahead, she will stop at nothing to net him, not even should an irresistible clerk get in her way.

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Graeme Lockwood, the Earl of Collumby, has recently inherited from his great uncle, a fact he must keep secret until certain legal details have been sorted. All goes well until a woman arrives claiming to be the betrothed of the Earl of Collumby. The solution to this hitch is simple. Graeme pretends to be the clerk.

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This is the love story of Phoebe and Graeme as they plot against each other until love gets in the way.