Their truly revolutionary encounter The Honorable Henry Darington, third son of the Earl of Lindford, thinks himself very ill-used by circumstances. His father does not agree, and Henry soon finds himself with a one-way ticket to the former British colonies. He's prepared for a difficult adjustment, but not for twenty-first century America, where horses are iron, women are half-naked, and his heart is endangered.

Laurel Bishop is in the midst of her feeding the animals on her little farm and worrying about a predatory developer's next moves, when she stumbles across an unconscious man. If that isn't enough, he's dressed like a character from a Jane Austen play. When she finally realizes he's the real thing-a time traveler-she's torn. He's a complete stranger. How can she just take him in? But how can she not?