Ten years have passed since Duncan Campbell was expelled from his homeland for a crime he did not commit. And now he has returned with the firm intention of regaining his good name and taking revenge on the beautiful Ginny Gordon, who gave him her love and then betrayed him. However, Ginny believes that it was Duncan who broke her heart, and also seeks revenge. They meet as enemies. But very soon the courageous highlander and his beautiful beloved will have to understand a simple truth: if under the ashes of enmity there remains even a spark of a former feeling, sooner or later this spark will flare up in the fire of an irresistible passion...