The beautiful Duchess Eliza de Bois is forced to become the wife of the man she vowed to hate until her last breath - knight Brian Stead. This is the order of Richard the Lionheart. Feeling indignant, the beauty goes to the altar to connect her life with the man who once cruelly insulted her. But she has to learn the most ancient truth in the world: from hatred to love there is one step. One step - from fear and pain to a raging whirlpool of passion...