The handsome and debonair Marquis of Raventhorpe is known throughoutthe Beau Monde as something of a ladies? man until he falls under thespell of Society beauty Lady Sarah Chessington. But when hearrives at the Earl of Chessington-Crewe? s house to propose, herealises that Lady Sarah wants him only for his wealth and positionand he leaves in a fury, vowing that he will never marry. By thewayside he encounters a young exquisite beauty utterly different fromany woman he has ever met, in fact she looks like an angel who hasjust fallen from Heaven by mistake. She is the Earl? s niece andward, Ula Forde, who is running away from her Guardian, who mistreatsand beats her savagely. Outraged, the Marquis rescues her andplots to punish Lady Sarah and the Earl by making Ula the belle ofevery ball and the toast of London Society. It is only when thedespicable Earl kidnaps the terrified girl that love for Ula blossomsin the Marquis? s heart. He must rescue her ? if he is not alreadytoo late ?