Harold Stonewall, the Duke of Summersat, is a veteran of the Anglo-French wars as well as a loyal subject to his King. Everything he does is in the service of his King, but his service has not been an easy one. Watching friends die, enduring battle and hardship, has made him a man who rarely shows emotion. People all over England nickname him the Duke of Ice.

Elizabeth Hawk, the daughter of a man who has gambled her inheritance away, is more than a little surprised when she receives a letter from the Duke asking her to attend a party at his Castle. She knows Father does not want her to go, but one cannot simply refuse a Duke.

Upon arriving at the party, she is made a fool of by an ex-acquaintance and is about to leave when she runs into the Duke himself. A bond is beginning to develop, but is everything what it seems? Is Elizabeth at risk of further disgracing her family’s name?