Julia Saint-Claire is in despair: her parents chose a rich aristocrat as her husband, who won the heart of her older sister. Something needs to be done to avoid this marriage! And what can help break off an engagement better than the hopelessly ruined reputation of the bride? Fortunately for Julia, her childhood friend, the brave cavalry officer Benedict Revelstoke, appears in London - an ideal candidate for the role of an “insidious seducer.” But the poor thing doesn’t even suspect that the ease with which Benedict accepted her scandalous proposal can be explained very simply: he is secretly passionately in love with Julia and does not intend to give her to another...