Impulsively, Julie Lorraine bounded off the train to chase a fleeing cocker spaniel. A few hours later she found herself in a remote cabin in the woods clinging to the handsome stranger who had run after her. Surprised in this isolated rendezvous, she blurted out the lie that they were married in order to avoid scandal. To save this man's political career, Julie courageously offered to turn the lie into reality.

But now that the wedding had indeed taken place, Julie could only look up warily into the piercing grey eyes of her husband. Did he love her? Could he love her? She was shocked to think that she hadn't the faintest idea...