Jared Ashton Cavanaugh, or Jack to his close friends, or the Duke of Brighton to the rest of society, has always lived as he wants. He loves women, gambling, drink, and raising hell and sees no reason to give up his wild life. But in the process of trying to thwart the only man who comes close the duke's rakish ways, he makes a mistake.Jack playfully absconds a lady right from his rival's clutches and spends three days and nights with his prize at his country estate. It soon becomes clear that this is an actual Lady, not to be trifled with in society's eyes or in the morals Jack's mother instilled in her son. However, she won't accept her fate, and Jack finds himself having to win a lady's heart for the first time in his life.