Destitute after the death of her beloved Papa, Carmela is miserable working as Nanny to the British children of the local vicar. So when her closest friend Felicity asks her to take her place in the home of her guardian, the dictatorial Earl of Galveston, she nervously agrees. The subterfuge is necessary to ensure Felicity can marry the love of her life and possible firstly because none of Felicity’s feuding family have set eyes on her since she was a child.