Anthony Bridgerton has chosen a wife, but the only obstacle is his intended's older sister, Kate Sheffield, the most meddlesome woman ever to grace a London ballroom. Kate is determined to protect her sister, but she fears her own heart is vulnerable.

An abridged version of the tale of Sara Crewe, a pupil at Miss Minchin's London school, who is left in poverty when her father dies but is later rescued by a mysterious benefactor.