Duke's daughter Lady Ophelia Brinsby resists her parents' plans to marry her to a dull man of rank. Her happy place is with her bright, witty best friends who have no rank at all. When her father orders her new groom Alexander to keep her daily rides confined to the park, away from those dear friends, rebellious Ophelia must find a way to outwit the one man clever and charming enough to stir her heart.
Runaway prince Alexander masquerades as a lowly groom in a duke's stable while he plots to save his tiny country from British domination. The last thing he expects to find is an independent woman who makes him forget duty in the face of desire.