Great Britain, end of the 18th century. Lady Susan Vernon is a young widow whose beauty and seductive power make the high society shiver. When her reputation and financial situation decrease, she starts looking for potential wealthy husbands for her and her teen daughter. Helped by her best friend Alicia, an American in exile, Lady Susan Vernon will have to use her imagination to reach her goals in order to spare her two suitors: the charming Reginald, and Sir James Martin, a wealthy but tremendously stupid aristocrat...