Gavin Richard Charles Philip Stone III is handsome, rich, and has his pick of any woman he wants. He has no desire to settle down and produce grandchildren for his mother, but after a hundred and fifty years of playing the field, he might just have found the woman of his dreams. Unfortunately, she has no interest in him whatsoever Angela Elliott has been confined to a wheelchair ever since an accident killed her husband and unborn child. She detests attending any social affair at all but sometimes her caregiver just won't take no for an answer. Giving in one more time, she goes to the ball only to sit in the back and watch the other young women dance the night away. That is until Mr. Stone introduces himself and asks her to dance. She is polite but has no desire to be pitied and turns him down flat. But when Gavin is out strolling one night he catches Mrs. Elliott in a very precarious position...