Widowed Sir Phillip needs a mother for his children and Eloise Bridgerton seems the most suitable for him. He believes that she is a simple, unpretentious girl, and since she is an old virgin at the age of twenty-nine, she is probably just desperately waiting for a marriage proposal. However, the woman who appears on his doorstep takes his breath away. She's not only beautiful, she's confident, and if she stops talking long enough to shut her mouth, Sir Phillip wants nothing more than to kiss her.