The action of the novel “Love Games” takes place on the Mediterranean island of Sardinia, in the family castle of Duke Cavalieri, who secretly brought here from America the daughter of a popular film star, Sarah Colville. The kidnapping was carried out with the aim of breaking the engagement of the Duke's younger brother to a beautiful American woman, whose reputation seemed dubious to the aristocratic Cavalieri family. But the Duke made a mistake, mistaking his sister, who was exactly like her, for his brother’s bride. When this becomes clear, the bachelor Duke discovers with amazement that his cruel treatment of the captive, instead of hatred of her tormentor, awakened in her completely different feelings...