Her family left in financial ruin, Sarah Callaghan travels to the Yukon with her brother in search of gold. The biggest adventure of her life begins when she meets Nicholas Ashbury. Handsome and adventurous, he makes her tremble with a desire she has never experienced before. But she doesn't want to risk losing her heart or her fiancé for a man she barely knows. Nick seeks adventure instead of a life in London's high society. In order to receive his rightful title and inheritance, he must marry before his twenty-fifth birthday. When he meets his best friend's sister, her beauty and innocence capture his heart. He accepts to help her restore her family's fortune but he cannot make her his. Can the cold and harsh wilderness bring them the happiness they both seek?