Benedict Carsington has always, since coming into his majority, set an example for his family and peers. He's called "Lord Perfect" and has managed to live up to that rep until he meets Bathsheba. The woman is not only innocently alluring, but beautiful to boot. How on earth can he keep his hands off of her when her eyes are telling him not to?

Bathsheba's chance at giving her daughter all she hopes for arrives when she is asked to tutor the nephew of an heir of English aristocracy. But along with good comes the bad -one egotistical, handsome Viscount Rathbourne. Still, money is money and things are going well until Olivia runs off to seek fame and fortune at Bathsheba's estranged family's estate. That alone would ruin her darling daughter, but when Lord Lisle, Benedict's nephew, goes with her, the two lead Bathsheba and one exceedingly exasperated lord a merry chase. Their travels take them up and down the English countryside and into more trouble than Bathsheba imagined possible. Why on earth won't Benedict leave her be?

Families conspire, children concoct plans, and Bathsheba and Benedict find that love is more important than their reputations in Ms. Chase's mesmerizing romp of regency love.