A young lady can very easily find herself at the center of a scandal and ruin her reputation. Young Alexandra Huntington, alas, learned this the hard way. One of her admirers was killed in a duel, the other fled, and she herself became known in high society as almost a fallen woman! Now Alexandra will have to shut herself up in a rural estate, engage in charity work and forget about happiness forever.

But one fine day Collin Blackburn appears there, intending to look with his own eyes at the “vicious seductress” who is considered guilty of the ill-fated duel.

However, very soon Collin is convinced of the girl’s innocence, and his contempt is replaced by a hot passion that knows no bounds...