The mighty knight Gaston de Varennes was nicknamed the Black Lion by his friends, and the Black Heart by his enemies. He considered love to be a weakness and felt only contempt for women. However, by order of the king, he must marry a relative of his worst enemy, Lady Christiane Fontaine. Gaston swore in rage that he would never share a bed with his wife. He swore, not yet suspecting that a strange and beautiful girl, born for happiness, would make fulfilling the oath incredibly difficult...