The absurd prank of young aristocrats ended in tragedy - and its unwitting culprit, Bray Drakestone, swore to his dying friend that he would marry his sister. The London world held its breath: will the incorrigible rake really go to the altar? But who definitely does not want her to be taken as a wife out of pity is the proud Louise Prim. The Duke receives a decisive refusal - and then the girl’s fierce resistance awakens in him the passion of an experienced seducer, accustomed to the fact that no woman can resist his charm...