Thirteen years have passed since the engagement of Greysteel Montgomery and Velvet Cavendish. However, since childhood, Velvet perceives this engagement as an ordinary family transaction and therefore does not reject the advances of other men, including King Charles II, for whom he has long felt sincere sympathy. Greysteel, in love with his beautiful bride with all the fervor of passion, does not intend to give her up to the monarch. But it won’t be easy to win Velvet’s heart...Well, in love, as in war, everything is allowed!