Lord Chatham, a determined man with a piercing gaze and an iron will, had many mistresses - but, in order to fulfill his secret plans, he needed a wife. And then a crazy idea came to his mind - to save an unfamiliar woman from the scaffold and marry her. However, the beautiful Ondine was not a criminal, but an innocent victim of someone else's crime. Surrounded by enemies, in networks of intrigue, the “reluctant spouses” suddenly realize that they are forced to fight, first of all, with a frantic and inappropriate passion for each other...