A passionate gambler put everything at stake, even the hand and heart of his beautiful sister - and lost... What should proud Arabella Lacey do now - disgrace her brother's name and lose her home, or, in payment of a debt of honor, go down the aisle with the cynical adventurer Jack Forteschio? Arabella chooses a bitter wedding...However, Jack does not intend to turn the life of his young wife into hell. On the contrary, he dreams of only one thing - to open for Arabella a world full of passionate love - tender, sensual and sweet...