Julia Thistlewaite, a fashionable young woman, is humiliated when she fails to meet one of Mr. Malcolm's requirements. Seeking revenge, she invites her childhood friend, Selina Dalton, to London.

Julia trains Selina to embody every trait on Malcolm’s list. The goal is for Malcolm to fall in love with Selina, only for her to reject him using a list of her own qualifications.

is a Regency-era romantic comedy novel by Suzanne Allain , originally self-published in 2009 and later re-released by Berkley/Penguin Random House in 2020. The story follows a wealthy, fastidious bachelor and the woman who seeks to teach him a lesson about his impossible standards. Plot Summary