The young Englishwoman patiently kneads the clay, sculpting every feature, every muscle of the man she idolizes. When the resemblance of the statue to the original is established, high society rejects the girl with mocking contempt and shame, and she leaves London.

A decade later, she returns to London society as a chaperone for her charming niece. But Blackburn, who inadvertently served as the model for the scandalous sculpture, still sees the cold and reserved spinster Jane as a challenge. She once already made a laughing stock out of the arrogant rake, why then is he so persistently trying to revive a story that began many years ago - on one fateful evening?