Lady Grace Ledys is young and naive, an innocent when she is left little choice but to enter an arranged marriage in order to restore her family's financial security. Her intended groom, Christian Wycliffe, is the handsome, much-sought-after heir to the Duke of Westover. In effort to appease her misgivings about their most transactional union, Grace allows herself to dream of a fairytale filled with glittering ballrooms, romance, and happily ever after.

But her betrothed soon proves cold and distant, and harbors his own dark past. Christian's indifference to his new bride, so unexpected, so sharp, soon sets Grace on a different path, one leading her to unexpected places, on which she hopes to find her true purpose. Her stunning transformation will soon have her brooding husband taking a new, second look at his cast away bride...