Lord Gabriel Sharpe has spent the last seven years, since his friend
Roger Waverly's death, drowning in guilt and dealing with it the only
way he knows how: accepting the challenge to any race, no matter how
dangerous. When Virginia Waverly challenges Gabe to race the same course
as the one that killed her brother Roger, Gabe realizes that Virginia is
just what he needs to fulfill his grandmother's ultimatum: marriage or
no inheritance. With General Waverly accusing Gabe of Roger's death and
Virginia's refusal of him upon learning about his inheritance, Gabe is
getting farther and farther from his goal of convincing Virginia to
marry him. The only way he can think to show her he cares is to denounce
his inheritance and make his fortune by winning the race - and her
heart.