Neville Wyatt, Earl of Kilbourne, returns to England broken-hearted. While fighting Napoleons army in Spain, he had met and wed Lily Doyle, the beautiful daughter of one of his slain soldiers. But an enemy attack had blown their world apart, and Lily was evidently killed in battle. Neville begins to put his life back together within the glittering social life of English nobility--until Lily appears. Lost, not killed, Lily joins Neville in a new battle against the oppressive aristocratic world that rails against a Lily--a commoner--in their midst.