In 1774, Juliet Catesby lives at Royal Vale, her family's Virginia plantation. Focused on indigo cultivation, her family is financially tied to the powerful Buchanan clan of Glasgow, Scotland. When the Buchanan heir arrives, Juliet learns her father has arranged for one of his daughters to marry the Scot to cancel their debt. Expecting her younger sister to be chosen, Juliet is shocked when Leith Buchanan selects her.
Despite initially refusing, a forced escape from Virginia leads Juliet to agree to marry Leith and sail to Scotland with her sister. In Glasgow, faced with the powerful Buchanan clan, Juliet realizes she must now save the man who rescued her from financial ruin and scandal.
