What could make the dissolute rake Philip Moresby, Earl of Chadwick, marry - that is, in his deepest conviction, doom himself to life imprisonment? Only blackmail. A subtle and seemingly innocent blackmail of young Margaret Abney, who pretended to be the daughter of Philip’s powerful enemy. However, the forced union of a beautiful intriguer and a frivolous aristocrat suddenly turns into a crazy, tender, ardent passion. A man and a woman, who should hate each other with all their souls, are now ready to sacrifice even their lives in the name of love...