Adam, Duke of Rndgway, having known the horrors of war, the betrayal of the woman he idolized, and the pain of loneliness, forbade himself from dreaming of happiness and decided to indulge in unbridled revelry. However, a golden-haired stranger, like Venus herself, who, by an absurd mistake, was taken by him for a priestess of love, became for him a true messenger of fate and a real guardian angel, a faithful, devoted friend and an ardent, tender lover.