The young son of an English baron, Joe Steton, taken to America as a child and raised as a real cowboy, comes to England to check how things are going on his father's estate and to find a noble groom for his sister. To do this, he has to bring his sister into the world, but he has no idea how to dress or behave, and their first appearance at the duchess’s ball ends in scandal. His sister's future is in jeopardy. The hostess of the evening, wanting to help them, persuades Joe of the need to learn social manners, and chooses as a mentor the young widow Olivia Shaw, whom Steton accidentally encountered in the cemetery while visiting his mother’s grave. Mutual attraction arises between the young people, but Olivia, who survived the betrayal of her late husband, is afraid to give him free rein...