Born to an Indian mother and an English father, Chance True-Son Quincy Ridgeway is Duke of Rivenoak. He is equally skilled at hunting as he is at pursuing the fashionable ladies of the ton. When he receives word from America that his parents have been murdered, he vows to avenge their deaths. After hearing of her reputation as an accomplished confidential inquiry agent, and a woman who refuses to follow convention, Rivenoak enlists the services of Pandora Featherstone to help him track down the killers of his family.