Young Catherine, the widow of the leader of the O'Neill clan, becomes a bone of contention between the Irish leaders Hugh and Thurlow. Hugh O'Neill, who has long been in love with the beauty, kidnaps her right from under the nose of his rival and forces her to marry him. Katherine is in despair - memories of the tough love and jealousy of her first husband terrify her, and she so needs tenderness and care now. But Hugh barely manages to win his wife’s love when Thurlow kidnaps her. He intends to lure his old rival into a trap and make Catherine a widow again...