Itβs 1732 in Gothenburg, Sweden, and strong-willed Jess van Sandt knows only too well that itβs a manβs world. She believes sheβs being swindled out of her inheritance by her stepfather β and sheβs determined to stop it. When help appears in the unlikely form of handsome Scotsman Killian Kinross, himself disinherited by his grandfather, Jess finds herself both intrigued and infuriated by him. In an attempt to recover her fortune, she proposes a marriage of convenience. Then Killian is offered the chance of a lifetime with the Swedish East India Companyβs Expedition and heβs determined that nothing will stand in his way, not even his new bride.