London society is intrigued: the debut of Vanessa Blackburn, the daughter of a mysterious count who spent many years away from society, has just taken place. Everything is discussed: from the young lady's family to her significant dowry. But Lord Montgomery Townsend - a dashing and fearless specialist in solving the delicate problems of the Prince Regent - is interested in something completely different: why smart, lively, courageous Vanessa, raised by her father more like a son than a daughter, dutifully allows her clever mother to arrange her marriage of convenience, in advance putting an end to your female happiness? What he wouldn’t give to be in the place of this girl’s fiance! Or maybe it’s really worth putting your intelligence and cunning at the service not of English politics, but of yourself?