Pride will not allow Anna to stay in her home next to her stepmother. But Anna’s friend Kat will live in a nice cottage for single ladies. Duke Marcus Hart, madly in love with Kat, would prefer that she become the mistress of his house. And Anna is ready to speed up this wedding at any cost, but she encounters an unexpected obstacle. The Duke's cousin, Marquis Nate, vowed to protect Marcus from getting married and thus save him from imminent death: a curse hangs over their family, which threatens the death of any man from the Hart family. But Anna will make the obstinate nobleman not think about it, driving him crazy with tender kisses and passionate hugs! And she herself will forget that playing at love is very dangerous...