When Evelyn and her friends come to celebrate her mother's engagement, she isn't sure how to answer friends' and relatives' questions about her Mom's fiancé. Fortunately, her mother, Cornelia, steps in to tell everyone how she met Lucien and what made her fall for him.

When Cornelia met him she saw only pretentious academic. But, once she got to know him better, she quickly realized he was her best hope for saving the family business, and her love-starved heart.