Miss Penelope Lumley, a recent graduate from the Swanburne Academy for Poor Bright Girls, needs a job. The Headmistress has notified her that she needs to make room for future Swanburne girls, and so she helps Miss Lumley get a job as a governess at the estate of the very wealthy Lord Ashton. Lord Ashton an obsessed hunter, has recently captured three children raised by wolves in the woods. He puts Miss Lumley in charge of the children's domestication. Miss Lumley will need all of the sage advice handed down by the Agatha Swanburne, the founder of Swanburne Academy, to get the job done before the Ashton Christmas ball.