Cheerful Gunnilde Payne is hiding a bruised heart behind her bright smile.  When her friend invites her to spend some time away from her provincial home, she jumps at the chance.  Distraction is just what she needs to forget the sad disappointment of her childhood sweetheart getting betrothed to another.

All is going well, until Gunnilde overhears herself rudely dismissed by two knights, as ‘nice, plain and utterly forgettable’.  Poor Gunnilde is mortified but as soon as the thoughtless words left his lips, someone starts to notice she has plenty of charm after all.