Country misses. Devoted sisters. A London Season. Sarah Sommers and her younger sister, Margaret, are thrust into the heart of society by their grandmother. Lady Alverley tells her granddaughters that wealth and position are more important than marrying for love. Sarah doesn't agree and angers Lady Alverley by saying so. Margaret wants only to enjoy the social whirl. Sarah falls in love iwth the unattainable Lord Gilbert Eustace. But he seems to have eyes only for Margaret. Sarah wants her sister to be happy and she hides her heartache. She must be satisfied with her friendship with Lord Eustace. But matters of the heart aren't always how they seem.