Fate was surprisingly generous to twenty-eight-year-old Francis, Marquess of Wimborton: beauty, good manners, inheritance, title... But, having found himself in a difficult financial situation, he sees a way out only in marrying a rich girl. His candidate is the beautiful Lady Lexia Drayton. Their first meeting will be very strange... Lexia and Frank will become good friends, and after a while passion and true love will flare up between them. But, having gone on a romantic voyage, the girl will meet a young man and also open her heart to him... Who will Lexia choose? Who will he go through life with?