Laird Allan, the newly created Earl of MacLaren, an unbridled rake and womanizer, one night discovers an unfamiliar girl in his bedroom. But wait - it seems he already saw her this evening at his mother’s ball: she was quietly snatching glasses of wine from the hands of respectable ladies and gentlemen... So what brought her here? And Anna Royle, in order to get out of a spicy situation, starts a subtle game, the outcome of which turns out to be unpredictable and fateful...