Lady Lorinda Camborne was a prankster, a coquette, and the queen of London high society. The most brilliant men fell at her feet, indulged her every whim, begged for her hand and heart - and walked away, rejected. But one day, a truly mysterious and very attractive stranger arrived from abroad, who was difficult to destroy with a caustic mockery or a contemptuous look, and who was determined to succeed in the difficult task of taming Lady Lorinda...