Why do women choose “bad boys”? What do smart, successful and beautiful representatives of the fair sex lack? Perhaps they are afraid of serious relationships and responsibility? A lover of fleeting novels, Betty Joyce once fell into the snare of the temperamental Italian Giulio. It soon turns out that he is an ordinary marriage swindler and thief. Betty develops a plan to catch the scammer. And her friends in misfortune and Kevin Adams, who is secretly in love with her, help her in this. True, the latter has his own plans and hopes. But will he be able to outplay the professional gigolo and win Betty's love?