Pippa Walkers wedding was to be huge--Texas huge--complete with twelve bridesmaids under contract from Pippas mother to stay lean and long-haired, gondolas flown in from Venice, A- and B- guest lists. But when Pippa finds out her handsome husband-to-be isnt what she thought, she bolts from her own wedding, shocking society and getting herself disinherited. The only way she can get a piece of the family fortune back is to earn a degree from a school. Any school. Its a tough assignment for a girl who dropped out of SMU after pledging Kappa Kappa Gamma and shopping at Neimans for a year. But Pippa is nothing if not up for a challenge. Attracting one hilarious misadventure after another, she tries to earn her sheepskin at: driving school, matchmaking school, even a circus academy. Its only when she hits rock-bottomThe Mountbatten Savoy School of Household Managementthat things begin to look up. But can she really be falling in love with a ... valet?