Theresa Thaleman longs for adventure. At her beloved country home, Theresa is hedged and curbed about by her doting, respectable parents. Nevertheless, she manages to fall into mischief with her twin brothers and their cousin. A near-tragedy changes everything. Mrs. Thaleman insists that it’s time for her daughter to give up her hoyden ways. Theresa is of an age for marriage. She gets her wish. A London Season. The attention of a cynical duke. The jealousy of a jilted mistress Hugo, the Duke of Ashford, is unexpectedly charmed by Miss Thaleman. She looks at everything in a different way, with an exuberance for life, that he lost long ago. As for the duke’s former mistress, Lady Statten wants the duke back. She will do everything in her power to see that Miss Thaleman is disgraced. For a lady who’s looking, life is full of surprises. Theresa finds a ring, buried in the churned mud of the road. She doesn’t know it yet, but it’s the key to her grandest - and most frightening - adventure. All collide to create more excitement than a naive, spirited young lady could ever imagine.