After returning the goods, I trained the irritable young master to be a puppy.

The Thorne family chose Harper Hayes to marry Landon Thorne because she seemed obedient, but Landon, notorious for his violent rages, publicly vows to torture her to death unless she calls off the engagement. Harper, secretly a formidable captain, coolly challenges his manhood instead, and after watching her take down burly men, Landon becomes smitten and eager to prove himself.

When Harper reveals she is the fake heiress and breaks the engagement, her father casts her aside for the real daughter, Chloe, sending her to sleep in her German Shepherd Buster's dog mansion. Landon, refusing to let her go, vows to win her back, while Harper throws herself into her dangerous work.

On a stakeout at a bar on Green River Road, Landon storms in and shoves her colleague, forcing Harper to knock him out cold before he ruins the operation. As he falls, he murmurs a heartbroken accusation: that she is ending their engagement for another man.