When Edith Harris first encountered the mysterious Calvin McClain she never expected that her life would change so drastically simply because of their meeting. Edith is the daughter of the highly respected sheriff of Blackwell. She was never one of those women who melted at the thought of experiencing a forbidden romance. But when she meets Cal her outlook on things changes and she finds herself drawn to the stranger. However, Cal isn't exactly a law abiding citizen and with Edith's ties to the sheriff of the small town of Blackwell, things are bound to go awry.

The story follows the main character Elizabeth Bennet as she deals with issues of manners, upbringing, morality, education, and marriage in the society of the landed gentry of early 19th-century England. Elizabeth is the second of five daughters of a country gentleman living near the fictional town of Meryton in Hertfordshire, near London.