Rosy Barrett is a woman of simple tastes, asking nothing more than for leave to ride from dawn until dusk and tend to the horses in her father’s stables at Broadstone Manor. With the foaling season well underway, she is wholly focused on obtaining the beginnings of her own future breeding operation, separate from her father’s. Wholly focused, that is, until Giles Harrington, the boy she loved as a child, appears out of nowhere into her life again. Seven years after his father’s financial ruin, Giles Harrington, Lord Montbury, does not like to waste time or money, having little to spare of either resource. While traveling home from a failed investment opportunity, Giles is led by chance to Rutland to his old acquaintances, the Barretts of Broadstone. Here, he finds Rosy, a girl he hardly remembers, a grown woman now, and all sunshine and smiles as she runs wild in her father’s stables. The more time he spends in her company, the more Giles is affected by her, beginning to believe that life, with the right people surrounding you, can offer the joy and happiness he doesn’t think he deserves.