A colossal gambling debt threatened Lord Sterne, Earl of Winchingham, with ruin and disaster. In desperation, he was forced to agree to the strange proposal of his young pupil Tina Krum - and to find the girl a noble, rich husband who could pay the debts of her guardian. But... HOW to give into the clutches of a cynical scoundrel the one in whom Stern suddenly saw not an awkward girl, but a lovely one a woman created for love and happiness?!.