Victoria Woodley will inherit a fortune on her 21st birthday, and her greedy guardian intends to force her into wedlock before that day--to his son. So a desperate Victoria dresses as a boy and runs off to join her cousin at his regiment in Portugal. But when British spy Lord Kit Harden hires "Victor" as his valet, he's shocked to discover her true gender. Now, Kit feels like he's compromised a lady--and that the only remedy is marriage.