Captain Reese Solbey, 4^th Viscount of Trendon is a returning war agent who is reluctantly called home to claim his inherence after his father dies.  Not only did his father leave him with a title and an estate but also a bride contract to a bride he has never seen, the cool perfection of Lady Catherine Traubal. 

His father’s legacy is dull compare to the excitement of war and when Reese is pressed back into service to find the signet ring that has been stolen and capture the thief out to claim it for the French, the dullness of his father’s legacy becomes all the clearer.

The thief, the enchanting and exciting LaChat, is not only set on obtaining the ring for her own devises but she has set her wiles on stealing Reese’s restless heart as well.