Daphne, the lovely daughter of the Marquis of Tragmore, was afraid of her tyrant father, but no fear could force the girl to abandon the belief that a real man is determined not by nobility and wealth, but by courage and bravery. Is this why she is ready to change her usual life and bravely face the unknown in the name of the love of the stern and brave Piers Thornton, whom the soulless world considers an arrogant upstart and whom Daphne loves with all the power of true passion?