England, 1879. Anabelle Archer is the intelligent, but poor daughter of the local vicar. She is given a scholarship to Oxford from the Suffragist Movement. In return, she is supposed to convince influential men to support the cause, and getting the cold, calculated Sebastian Devereaux, the Duke of Montgomery, to do that would be a huge success. If only he wasn't so attractive...Sebastian is horrified to discover a large group of suffragists in his house. The worst part is a green-eyed beauty named Annabelle that he finds hard to resist. He wants to marry someone of the same social standing to carry on his family's legacy, not a commoner who does not want to be a duchess. In this battle of feelings and wills, will she bring down the duke or will he be the victor?