Lizzie is the sixth and youngest daughter of the late Sir Beverley the patriarch who gambled away their beloved estate Mannerling Each of Lizzies sisters had been entrusted by their ambitious mother to cast lures for the various owners of their former home Instead each one happily married for love Now its Lizzies turn to save MannerlingYet the new owner the Duke of Severnshire is far too arrogant for Lizzies heart And while the duke has no intentions toward the saucy chit her curt dismissal of him is perplexingfor no woman has ever refused him Now as his lavish house party to select a bride becomes a whirlwind of mismatches and scandal lovely Lizzie is turning the dukes own thoughts away from a suitable marriageto the wonders of falling in love