Catherine Bolton is excited to finally have an opportunity for a season in London, to find a love match like her parents, but feels unprepared to mingle with gentlemen in society. She asks her broody neighbor for help, but he only raises more questions than he answers. And her request for a lesson in the art of kissing does not go over well either. William Harrison has the experience of his parents’ marriage and his own as a widower to prove that marriage is nothing more than a legal contract, and that romance is a fantasy. He intends to teach his neighbor this truth, but as he spends time with Catherine, her sunny character and ridiculous efforts begin to affect him, more than he ever thought possible. Will they figure out who is right before her departure?