Helen Mayberry is a big girl -- a resolute taskmistress, and owner of her own inn. Other than her adored father, she has one true passion in life: finding a mystical treasure that she calls King Edward's Lamp. That is, until she meets Spenser Heatherington, Lord Beecham. Heatherington is a renowned womanizer, a resolute bachelor who enjoys life and Helen's pursuit of him. When she throws him to the ground and pins him down, he declares he will succumb -- and Helen informs him that she wants a partner, not a lover. But things work out a bit differently than either of them expects.