Nicola Sparks is ready to dive headlong into her first glittering London society season and has plenty of suitors to choose from. Yet she has eyes for only one of them: the handsome and debonair Lord Sebastian Bartholomew. Soon after a proposal from the viscount falls into her lap, Nicola's childhood friend Nathaniel Sheridan raises questions about her fiancé's flawed character. As Nicola uncovers the truth about her fiancé, she also faces a fundamental question: between idealized love and true love, which will she ultimately choose?