During a trip to London, a young woman fears that her inexperience has discouraged the charming Mr. John Richfield. Courting takes on a whole new aspect when she returns home to the country where the courtship continues, but now her siblings and jealous members of a house party are involved.
A young man is summoned home early from his Grand Tour and faces his best friend caught up in gambling debts, his father forcing him into an arranged marriage with a young woman he dislikes and who is in love with another, and his mother struggling to recover from a suspicious riding accident.
Driven by a desire to save the Sinclair name from disgrace, Juliet seeks assistance from her father’s old friends, the Burnhams, but is mistaken for a lady’s maid. She takes this opportunity to gain Mrs. Burnham’s confidence and investigate the treasonous rumors against her family.