Caught on the road by pouring rain, Janet Litton picks up a young girl on the highway. Young Flora, naive and flighty, tells her that she ran away from a cruel groom to marry for love. And soon Janet is arrested by the police - on charges of kidnapping. This is how the heroine of the novel meets Leon de Asten. A passionate attraction arises between them almost at first sight. However, Janet is sure: he wants to make her only his mistress, but intends to marry someone else - for reasons of profit. Therefore, she struggles with all her might with her uninvited feeling. And Leon, in general, does not try to convince her...