Following a botched abduction in which he was wounded, Evelyn, Marquis Finchbury finds himself embroiled with the determined young runaway Imogen. Short of money but loath to get attached to a chamberpot heiress, Finchbury spurns the idea of courting Imogen. Instead he hands her over to his mother's protection. As Imogen turns her hand to sorting out Lady Enid's problems and rescuing Finchbury's illegitimate children from a murderous gypsy and a vituperative...