At a masquerade ball, the charming 23-year-old Lady Kalandra is saved from the unpleasant advances of another gentleman by the mysterious Count Bromwell, who turns out to be the enemy of her brother and guardian Prince Rochefort. Despite her brother's categorical protests and orders to stay away from Bromwell, Callie devises a plan to see him again, enlisting the help of a matchmaker, Lady Francesca Hoston. However, Francesca knows the source of the enmity between the men - Rochefort once refused to marry Bromwell’s older sister Lady Daphne, who is now making plans to destroy Callie’s reputation...