50 Ways to Ruin a Rake

Mellie has a plan
Mellie Smithson is trapped in the country with no suitors and no prospects on the horizon except, perhaps, the exasperating -- although admittedly handsome -- guest of her father. She's looking for any excuse to go to London to meet more eligible men.

Trevor has a problem
Trevor Anaedsley's grandfather has cut off his funds until such time as he gets engaged. Trevor escapes to the country -- ostensibly to visit his old tutor Mr. Smithson but actually to duck his creditors -- where he meets Smithson's lovely daughter Mellie. The obvious solution is suddenly before him -- but the lady has ideas of her own, and Trevor's going to have to measure up...