Lady Marianne Shelton thinks that The Adventures of a Provincial Miss in London is an excellent work for serial publication in a newspaper, which she very much hopes for. But unfortunately, her story about a proper visit to the Tower was too boring and did not meet with the editor's approval. When Lady Marianne is given another chance, she is determined not to fail. But she would have suffered a crushing defeat again if Thomas Effington had not intervened. During the London season, the eccentric Marquess of Helmsley was blackmailed into offering his hospitality to Marianne, her two sisters, and their companion. And although at every opportunity he declares his disgust for everything that happens, the midnight kiss he stole from Marianne becomes an excellent beginning in a series of their adventures. So Marianne's dreams of a literary career and Thomas's plans to find a husband for the most problematic of the Shelton sisters inexplicably turn this scandalous “lesson of marriage” into a real lesson in love...