When her coach jolts to an abrupt halt, stopped by a highwayman, Ruth and her companions fear for their lives. But the gentleman robber seeks only to retrieve the papers held by Mr Upton, a business associate of Ruth's guardian; released unharmed, she is haunted by the dark blue eyes of the stranger. Little does she know that the despicable Upton is the man chosen to be her husband - or that one day the owner of those blue eyes will reappear in her life, and steal her heart...