Annis Wychwood is a lady in her late twenties who has been labeled a spinster. She is independently wealthy and sets up her own home in Bath with her cousin Miss Farlow as a chaperone. Young Miss Lucilla is barely out of the schoolroom and has not yet been presented to society. When her carriage is upset on the road, Annis comes to the rescue and offers Lucilla a place to stay until her family can arrive to help her. But Lucilla doesn't want her family notified of the accident because she is running away from an undesirable engagement! When Lucilla's guardian, the bad-mannered Mr. Carleton, arrives to protest Annis's interference, the verbal sparring may soon turn to flirtation.

I loved the light-hearted writing style in this book! I also enjoyed the Regency setting that reminded me a little of Jane Austen books. The flirty squabbles between Annis and Mr. Carleton are fun to read, because they both really enjoy being rude and brutally honest and teasing each other, instead of having to be constantly polite as they do with the rest of society.

I was put off by the way the characters just accept that gentlemen can have various mistresses as if that were completely normal and accepted. There are many references to the "light muslin crowd" meaning mistresses or prostitutes. Everyone warns Annis that Mr. Carleton has had several mistresses and is known as a playboy, but she doesn't seem to care.

The plot is hilarious and charming. Lucilla is a handful. She wants her own way in everything, and Annis starts to wonder if she is taking on too much trying to chaperone Lucilla around a big city like Bath.

Overall, I really enjoyed this book!