When Adelaide, Lady Leeson learns that her illegitimate daughter, Charlotte, has run away from Miss Prism's Ladies' Seminary, she elicits the aid of charismatic Lord Purnam, to locate her.

Purnam, a notorious rake, discovers Charlotte at an inn, part way through a daring elopement with a man she is beginning to distrust, though she refuses to admit it.

Sparks fly when Charlotte resists Purnam's attempts to kidnap her.

Until Charlotte decides that stealing away in Purnam's carriage might be the best way of getting out of trouble.

Only to find herself in more trouble than she could ever have imagined.