Miss Harriet Bannestock had suffered the most dreaded of fates for a young woman on the marriage market -- she had not been taken. She had, however, secretly developed an affection for Julian Wickstead, someone she felt was far above her reach. — Harriet's beautiful sister Rosalind, who adored dear, quiet, serious-minded Harriet, hit on a scheme to win Wickstead's heart for Harriet.

What Rosalind hadn't planned on was love cropping up in unexpected places -- and events charting their own unpredictable course.