Compared to her spiteful and beautiful cousin Melissa, Harriet Ashbourne is considered "quiet, respectable, and plain." And Harriet, who accepts the indignities of living on her uncle's charity, unhappily acknowledges her own shortcomings. But a day comes when even the most downtrodden of "poor relations" will revel. So when the spoiled Melissa accidentally allows an outlaw to escape, Harriet seizes the moment. And the young and handsome outlaw escapes no farthr than Harriet's bedroom....