Major Peter Tremayne, Lord Sancreed, is the last man with whom rebel bluestocking Kate Grey should fall in love, but when the handsome British viscount commandeers her house, Kate throws caution to the wind and responds to his seduction. She is on the verge of surrender when a spy in her own household steals the military dispatches Tremayne carries, ensuring his disgrace-- and implicating Kate in high treason.