Lizzie refuses to marry just to regain her ancestral home, which her father had gambled away. The stuffy new owner, the Duke of Severnshire, is not as rude as she orginially thinks and Lizzie is at a loss for words.

Amy and Effy Tribble, professional chaperones, are hired to prepare a young women for a society marriage. She has been spurned by a man she loved and wants nothing to do with another match. However, she soon learns she may have made more trouble for herself than she can handle and turns to the Tribbles for assistance.

Amy and Effy, chaperones-for-hire, are determined to help Clarissa become the stately, graceful woman that will win the Earl of Greystone's heart.