Alexander Edgeware, Count Javier, is a London high society reveler and spendthrift, famous for his wild antics. However, inviting the impeccable spinster Louise Oliver to one of his festivities, attended only by notorious rakes and their courtesan friends, is perhaps too much even for him. But, to the Count’s amazement, Louise not only accepts the proposal, but literally before our eyes transforms from a hopelessly boring “bluestocking” into a charming, daring and witty seductress, playing a very risky game with the intrigued Javier...