Rohan Carrington, Baron Mountvale, the proud scion of a family known for its philandering and charm, is confused. He's just received a letter stating that his late brother ruined a young lady. Rohan found that rather hard to believe of the scholarly, prudish George. When Susannah arrives, she swears she's a Carrington but that George didn't leave her in fine fettle. She has a three-year-old daughter, very little money, a younger brother and a wastrel father. And as if that wasn't burden enough, she and her daughter are in immediate danger . . .