Callum and Daniel are twin brothers. Sophia Langley is engaged to Daniel, but he dies in a shipwreck. She puts on mourning, not expecting to find love again. But one wonderful day, Callum appears on her horizon. He’s changed—now he’s an indifferent, self-absorbed stranger, yet Sophia, seeing him after a long separation, feels a strange thrill. Her emotions have nothing to do with the chaste tenderness she felt for Daniel. Now passion has awakened in her. As for Callum, he has his own plans for Sophia—driven by cold calculation, the desire to bring an heir into the world of the ancient Chattertons line. Callum offers the girl a deal—marriage. Passion and calculation face off.