Justin, Viscount Wade-Orrington has never felt like much of a gentleman's son, he's always been different from those high-falutin' aristocrats. His father doesn't seem to worry about any of that, instead he sets about arranging for him to marry Helene, Marchioness of Dorincourt.

Having no desire to do so he leaves London and his father sends him to fix up the ancestral home, where he meets Samatha Dudeney, an American. Is she the breath of fresh air he's looking for?