Between searching for the missing Munro sisters and South Carolina being all but lost to the British, Captain Matthais Murray Thomas has more important things to do than worry about matrimony. And no matter how many ill–timed balls and receptions his mother throws, he's determined nothing will entrap him for that horrid fate. Not even a beautiful woman in his bed claiming to be his wife–to–be!

What was a girl to do? Faced with a sister on the verge of birthing her third child and forced from a home torched by the British, Caroline Munro had few options but to claim to be Agatha Ludlow—the woman Matthais' mother propositioned to marry him—to secure food and a safe place to rest.

Now faced with the very handsome man searching for the real her, Caroline must find a way to do what's right for her family—and her heart.