Sara Judd, the neglected eldest daughter, is forced to marry in place of her stepsister to Jim Lowe, the feared heir of the Lowe family, rumored to be both violent and impotent. Refusing to accept her fate, she makes a daring escape on her wedding dayβonly to accidentally run straight into Jimβs car. Unaware that the man before her is the very groom sheβs fleeing from, Sara pleads for his help to escape.