The only thing that could fix the disaster of Miss Amelia Watson's first London season is a large and tempting dowry that can only be obtained through a visit to her wealthy, distant uncle in New York—a task she has well enough in hand despite her reluctance to actually be married. Yearning for some kind of unnamed freedom, trouble topples straight into her life and straight into her arms in the form of a roguish, foul-mouthed boxer whose promise to show her the "real" New York sets her soul alight and threatens to shatter her heart.