In the scrummage of people trying to board the ship for England, Miss Emma Lynton was left behind. Now she was stuck alone in France, in the middle of a revolution! Handsome aristocrat Simon Avedon came to the rescue and vowed to escort her home. Emma found Simon rather irksome - until his friend told her of his past. How could a man who had never been shown love understand how to win her heart unless she showed him she cared?