It was an agonising moment for Mrs Milward - a situation which can be a nightmare for Women's Institutes when the prospective speaker for the Group Meeting of the Meadlands W.I. cried off just before the meeting was due to begin. Mrs. Milward was very conscious that 217 ladies, including all the chairmen and secretaries of the other Institutes, as well as the County Representative, would be coming - and there would be NO SPEAKER ! What could she do ? It was her daughter Honey, who suggested that one last bid should be made for the speaker's services - a bid which Honey decided to make herself. Honey never foresaw the far-reaching consequence which this simple mission was destined to bring upon herself.

Honey Milward agreed to act as fiancee to the formidable plastic surgeon John Anston-- a man she'd always regarded as a monster. The arrangement was only for the benefit of John's visiting sister, an incorrigible matchmaker. Unfortunately, his sister's visit looked like it might be permanent. And to complicate matters even further, Honey found herself falling in love with him!