Initial prejudices prevent their feeling they would suit, but an unlikely source may give them another chance...
The widower Earl of Rutherford, still in need of an heir, reluctantly sets off for London in search of a wife. He infinitely prefers the role of recluse to that of dashing beau.
The Season's Incomparable, Helena Foster, prefers books to balls. She agrees to hide her bookish tendencies in exchange for her mother agreeing to limit her to one Season.
Two meddling mamas scheme to change their first poor impressions, but can they be overcome?