Lady Margaret Sawford longs for adventure and a stormy relationship - and the mysterious handsome Duke of Lasham with a pirate patch covering one eye seems to her at first to be an ideal candidate for admirers. However, what is the disappointment of the eccentric young lady when it turns out that in fact her chosen one is a most boring gentleman, an exemplary duke to his fingertips, living only by a sense of duty and concerned only with managing the family estates! But Margaret does not give up: she has chosen her “pirate”, and if Lasham does not correspond to the image that she painted for herself, then it is necessary to “ push" him to passionate follies and romantic exploits...