Phoebe's father, Sir Henry Allardyce, was jailed for a crime he didn't commit. Left without a livelihood, the girl was forced to hire herself as a companion to the wealthy Lady Hunter. Upon learning of this, Henry Allardyce became very alarmed and warned his daughter that she should be very careful, because her mistress’s son, handsome Sebastian, was a seducer of women and a notorious scoundrel. However, very soon Phoebe doubted this, and it is not surprising: after all, he saved her life and honor, and love had already captured the girl’s heart. However, misfortunes continued to fall on Phoebe's head: unknown attackers, threatening to kill her father, demanded that she find a mysterious and very valuable thing in the Hunter mansion...