A wealthy aristocrat arrives in the province, intending to get married as soon as possible. The entire local society is delighted, and only the young widow Vanessa Huxtable perceives the appearance of Elliot Wallace, Viscount Lingate, as a disaster, because this cynical rake is supposed to become the husband of her younger sister. Vanessa ready to sacrifice herself - and decides to marry Elliot herself. After all, she is an adult woman and knows that a legal marriage is unlikely to bring happiness. However, sometimes love comes to those who are not expecting it at all. And on their very first wedding night, the newlyweds realize that they are made for each other...