Georgina Crawley has no option but to except the offer of marriage to Doctor Julius Thornton. Her cousin’s health depends on her accepting this match. In the year 1817 in Bath a gentle woman without income and no beauty, she has not really any other choice. At first the arrangement in his house, as housekeeper seemed to work, but as the weeks passed Georgina was presented with the unexpected problem of falling in love with her bargain husband.