The pampered daughter of a duke Lady Arabella Tremont has spent her entire life protected and overshadowed by her restrictive father. But she is a Tremont, after all, and the morning after she is nearly ruined at a ball by a handsome stranger, Arabellas father demands she make an arranged match with the heir to a dukedom. In desperation, Arabella takes matters into her own hands.Takes a London holiday with the most unsuitable of chaperones Major Kingsley is in London to avoid his parents dreadful house party. To his surprise he runs into the enticingand unforgettableminx he met at a ball the previous night. Arabella, or Birdie, as he knows her, insists he owes her three favorsfor hes put her in a terrible pinch. Kingsley agrees, if only to delay his trip home and because the notion of spending the day with this enchanting bit of muslin is too tempting to resist. But all too quickly he discovers Arabellas requests are hardly what he expected