Sara Lawrence is happy to be a young widow, but her brothers insist on marrying her off again. The solution? Sara asks Nick Montrose, the notorious Earl of Bridgeton, to teach her how to ruin herself, thus rendering herself unmarriageable. Envisioning the day when the luscious Sara winds up in his bed, Nick is all too happy to oblige - but when he sees her 'practicing' her lessons on other men, he's inexplicably enraged. Then comes the day Sara's brothers catch her and Nick in a compromising position - which leads to a speedy marriage neither wants. Can the love they don't recognize find a way through their warring desires?