The Devil in the Flesh - this is what the rumor called the demonic, cynical Alasdair St. Erth, the role of whose bride the young, innocent Catherine Corbett reluctantly agreed to play. However, while helping Alasdair realize a subtle and ruthless plan of revenge on his old enemy, the girl begins to understand that under the mask of the devil is just a man, lonely, bitter with the blows of fate... And young Catherine is ready to give him her heart, and if necessary, sacrifice for him and honor and life...