"In 1815, a painter's daughter on the north Devon coast agrees to marry a stranger to avoid scandal, but her choice is complicated by the return of a former lover and a growing affection for the husband she barely knows"--
Moving to Devonshire only to discover that the village matriarch has prohibited all dancing, London dance master Alec Valcourt finds an unlikely ally in the matriarch's daughter, a recklessly flirtatious girl who would discover Alec's secrets.