In the first novel of the Brides trilogy, in which three unconventional young women vow they will never marry?only to be overtaken by destiny?outspoken Portia finds forever love.

It's bad enough that seventeen-year-old Portia Worth is taken in by her uncle, the marquis of Granville, after her father dies. As the bastard niece, Portia knows she can expect little beyond a roof over her head and a place at the table. But it truly adds insult to injury when the Granvilles' archenemy, the outlaw Rufus Decatur, hatches a scheme to abduct the marquis's daughter?only to kidnap Portia by accident.