Young Caro Ivers, who grew up on the sunny Mediterranean island of Cyrene, at first sight fell in love with the brilliant English officer Max Leighton, who came to Cyrene. to heal the wounds after the war with Napoleon. However, fate gave her only one wonderful night of love, and then years of separation came... Now Max decided to return to the island and at any cost find the only woman whom he could not forget. Why doesn’t Caro want this meeting and runs away from the one whom he still loves with all the power of true passion?..