Teresa Weller, despite her youth, is a true expert on etiquette and a connoisseur of good manners. Therefore, Colonel Bartholomew James's rude behavior during the dinner party surprised and disappointed her. This man was not acting like a gentleman! So why can’t Teresa get him out of her head? At first, the model of good behavior, Lady Weller, flatters herself with the hope of changing the colonel. But with each new meeting it becomes clearer: fate itself intervened in the game, and he and Bartholomew fell recklessly in love with each other.