It’s 1857, and anxious debutante Beth has just one season to snag a wealthy husband, or she and her mother will be out on the street. But playing the blushing ingenue makes Beth’s skin crawl. Gwen, on the other hand, is on her fourth season and counting, with absolutely no intention of finding a husband. She figures she has plenty of security as the only daughter of a rakish earl. It doesn’t take long for Gwen to hatch her latest scheme: rather than surrender Beth to courtship, they should set up Gwen’s father and Beth’s newly widowed mother. But their parents kind of seem to hate each other. Still, Beth and Gwen are more than up to the challenge of a little 20-year-old heartbreak. Of course, just as their plan begins to unfold, a handsome, wealthy viscount starts calling on Beth, offering up the perfect, secure marriage.