Lady Annabelle Esterbrook decides to enliven one of her house parties by seeking a suitable husband for her young niece, Cornelia Faraday. Cornelia, however, considers herself already well-suited with her father's dull curate, St John Drimmer. As Lady Esterbrook proceeds with her plans to celebrate Wellington's victory over Napoleon, Cornelia finds herself more and more in the company of her aunt's lover, the rakish Lord Drax, a gentleman famous for breaking the hearts of those ladies who are foolish enough to fall in love with him. . .