Following the death of their authoritarian father, twentysomething siblings Valentine and Louisa Carnell find themselves finally free to make their own choices. The older brother Valentine opens their stuffy Devonshire estate to entertain fashionable friends and family, while Louisa fends off the advances of the insufferable man her father had chosen for her hand. And then they discover the lively social scene of Regency London, where Louisa fears Valentine's fallen under the spell of a scandalous married woman. But perhaps a little folly never hurt anyone.... A witty comedy of manners in the vein of Jane Austen and Georgette Heyer, this romantic Regency romp is a tea-sipping delight!