Edward Byron, Duke of Claiborne, is known in the world for countless love affairs and dubious bachelor habits. However, the duty of the heir to the title is to marry and produce a son. The Duke believes that we are not talking about love at all - he and the young lady Claire Marsden were engaged almost from the cradle, and the bride must understand that each of them has the right to a personal life in marriage. But Claire does not want to put up with such views of the groom . And although she has been in love with Edward since childhood... she will never, under any circumstances, marry someone who does not respond to her feelings.