England, early nineteenth century. Twenty-year-old Kitty Talbot, who has four younger sisters in her care, needs to find a huge amount in a short time to pay off her parental debts to creditors. Otherwise, you may be left without a roof over your head. And even if this roof leaks, and the rooms are furnished rather sparsely, to preserve the house in which you spent your childhood, all means are good! Kitty decides to take a desperate step - to get a marriage proposal from some wealthy gentleman from high society. After all, whoever doesn’t play doesn’t win, and risk is just part of the game. What Kitty doesn't expect is to meet one very shrewd gentleman - Lord Radcliffe, the elder brother of the delightfully rich Archibald de Lacy. The lord, who unmistakably recognized Kitty as a gold digger, is determined to destroy her plans at any cost...