Framed for a crime he didn't commit and after serving a seven year sentence in prison, former stable lad Seb Cornish returns to his native Dorset with old scores to settle. Above all, he seeks revenge against the young girl who unwittingly betrayed him all those years before. Amanda Lapsly is now a beautiful young woman whom Seb can't help but desire. But to obtain the vengeance he seeks, he must win her trust--and her hand in marriage. And though Amanda has already been promised to one man, her heart now belongs to another. Among her many suitors, will she choose unconditional love, or will she fall for Seb's trap?