Gabriella Banning does not want to tell anyone about the death of her brother, Earl of Wickham in distant Ceylon, since in this case the title and all the wealth will go to a distant relative, and she and her sisters will be left penniless. She only needs to last one London season to marry off the most beautiful of the sisters... But a stranger suddenly appears in their mansion and announces that he is her brother. Gabby cannot expose this adventurer without giving herself away... The clash of two strong characters strikes sparks from both... And soon the world will be shocked by the scandalous news about the love affair of the "count" and his sister...