When lovely country belle Margaret Leighton is sent by her family to London for a season, she find the arrogance and petty conventions of society unbearable.

What is particularly unbearable is the plight of her new companion, Angela, who is working for Margaret's uncle under false pretenses. For Angela is of an aristocratic family and not at all a common servant. She has run away from her villainous stepmother who means to marry her off to some rich, odious lord.

To complicate matters further, Margaret has met Angela's brother Robert, and she fears her heart is in danger

DOWRY OR NO DOWRY JENNY DECIDED IT WAS HIGH TIME TO HAVE HER COMING OUT

Tired of living with her highstrung, hypochondriac aunt and her equally eccentric uncle, Jenny decides to do something about changing things.

When she meets the smug young nobleman, Lord Lamont, who finds her predicament laughable, Jenny knows immediately that he is the perfect out. She needs a husband, he needs a wife. Now her only problem is getting rid of the arrogant beauty his mother has chosen for him....