Be calm, she thought. Be gracious. Be twenty-two.

Lady Olivia Fanton is eager to prove she's no longer a child. However, just as she thinks she has found a suitable match in suave Mr Manning, charismatic Captain Jem Ford walks back into her life, bringing with him all the embarrassment of her infatuation four years before! She's determined to appear mature, distant, friendly. But dare she hope he will notice her as the lady she's become?