Winnefred Blythe learned at a young age to make do with very little. Following the death of her father, she taught herself to live on a pauper's allowance -- until a charming visitor promises her the funds that had been stolen from her through the years. But Freddie isn't comfortable with the trappings of money or with the attentions of this handsome stranger from London. After the war, Lord Gideon Haverston resolved to never again burden himself with the troubles of others. Still, he was expecting to be treated better by the beautiful, if eccentric, Winnefred Blythe, the young woman his stepmother cheated out of house and home. Freddie didn't trust high society types and had no desire to join their ranks. The situation is more complicated than Gideon had expected. The task of taming Winnefred Blythe seems impossible, but Gideon is compelled to keep trying . . .