Beautiful, wealthy Katherine Deveraux doesn't think she's better than everyone else--she knows it. Her snobbish ways alienate whomever she meets--and her parents fear her marriage prospects are ruined. Determined to uncover their hard-hearted daughter's soft side, they ask Countess Christiane d'Oliveri for help...

The Countess has the perfect solution a French ne'er-do-well known as Alain Montclair. He agrees to seduce Katherine and then break her cold heart in two--a daunting task, to be sure. But this charming rogue is most surprised to find that Katherine--behind her haughty airs and petty pretensions--is a deeply lonely woman desperate for love ...