Great Britain. Our days. At another high society retreat in one of the secluded counties, 28-year-old Peter Davenport, Marquess of Saltlane, saves a drowning 14-year-old girl. Realizing that he had unexpectedly found something he had never looked for - he simply fell in love, and almost with a child! - He flees in horror to America, where he practically rebuilds his life. Four years later, fate brings Christina Linley and Peter together again. It turns out that she hasn’t forgotten him all these years. She is 18, she is young, beautiful and pure, he is 32, he is successful, rich and famous. And everything would have turned out great if not for one BUT...