Gerard Faulkner, Marquess of Grayson, and his wife Lady Isabella considered themselves quite happy. They did not interfere with each other having fun for their own pleasure, enjoyed friendly relations and did not think about love at all...

But one day Gerard disappeared for four long years - and returned to England as a completely different person. Now next to Isabella is not the frivolous rake whom she married, but a brave and masculine man, in love with his beautiful wife with all the power of frantic passion and intending to awaken in her the flame of reciprocal love...