Now that her brother Charles is happily married, Beatrice has time to take stock of her situation. Almost thirty, she is ready for a household of her own and a husband to share it with. But so far, Mr. Right has not appeared, only a profusion of Mr. Wrongs. Will she ever find a man who makes her heart race, such as that of the heroines in the romance novels she loves to read?It is a dark and stormy night when a mysterious drenched Scotsman appears...