Colin Kinross had an earldom - and not a penny to his name. The situation is such that you can’t imagine anything worse, but there is a good old way: to improve your affairs by marrying a rich heiress. Colin did not expect much joy from an arranged marriage - and therefore was incredibly surprised when the pretty and daring heiress Lady Singen Sherbrooke herself proposed to him for marriage, declaring that she fell in love at first sight. What is this - a prank of a cheeky girl or happiness suddenly given by fate?