She takes a desperate gamble:Barbara Cribbage has been sold into marriage by her common-born father, in a bid to attain social status.
The Earl of Chatworth is forced to wed Babs, in exchange for the outstanding mortgages and his debts of honor which Mr. Cribbage has fraudulently acquired.
Babs is not willing to be used as a pawn any longer. Despite her iron-willed father and her powerfully attractive husband, Babs fights to come into her own.
