When voluptuous Chickadee meets the intrepid French inventor Arnaud Petit, it isn't simply his latest invention - Petit's amazing mechanical horse - which Chickadee desires. Petulant Chickadee Devereux, daughter of the industrialist Victor Devereux, gets more than she bargains for when she meets the dashing and sexy inventor Arnaud Petit at the Great Exhibition. Chickadee is a girl who's way ahead of her time. About to become engaged to rich Henry Peverel she lusts for a sensual, mentally stimulating match like Petit. Chickadee is entranced by Arnaud's life size mechanical horse and instantly wants to acquire it for her own personal use and indulgence, however Arnaud has other ideas and he's not about to give into Chickadee's headstrong wiles. Chickadee falls hopelessly in love and lust with Arnaud but both of them are as headstrong and opiniated as the other. Can she win his heart with her naughty wanton ways?