Alex Madison at twenty-five knows more about animals and country life than about the world of men, in spite of her striking good looks. When she takes a post as secretary-companion to the elegant journalist Dorinda Raynham, she is quite bowled over by the combined charm of the Raynham family. Only Dorinda's son Nigel seems rude and hostile.

But Alex is to discover, rather painfully, that all that glitters is not necessarily gold, and that the handsome and friendly Bruce might be crueller than Nigel.