The year is 1814 and the Battle of Toulouse has just ended the Peninsular War on the Continent. For Mrs. Daniel Patton of Pleasantshire and the rest of English society, this means a new influx of eligible young officers flooding into Simdon, just in time for the spring Season. And just in time for the introduction of Mrs. Patton’s twin daughters into society. But will the beautiful and accomplished Angela manage to make a good match? Or will her Irish revolutionary sister Lilian take Simdon too far by storm?

Meanwhile, across the city: The last thing Captain Grant of His Majesty’s Royal Navy might have expected was that he would be returning to the Kingdom alongside an English duke; he may serve the English crown, but he’s still looked down upon because of his homeland. But Lord Tristan Carlisle is far from the snobbish upper-class man that Grant has known to play at being a naval officer. He owes Carlisle his life. And if that means sitting through the dinner parties held by the man’s aunt, then so be it. But will Grant find himself more intrigued by English society than he might have expected?