The first time Diana McLaughlin hears the idea from her boss at the Forest Hills Newspaper Company, she is immediately against it. But when Mr. Stevenson threatens to let her go if she does not agree to the assignment, she must choose between keeping her career and going against her better judgment. When she decides she wants to keep her job, she is sent to work undercover as a maid at the Richmond Estate to "get the scoop" and find out who is promised the inheritance of the old and wealthy Mrs. Richmond when she passes on. The scheme gets more and more complicated when Diana finds herself falling in love with the Estate's handsome butler Mr. Fields, who is secretly getting suspicious of the new "maid". Will Diana get caught? How will the scheme play out?