Gwendolyn McNorman has a lot of problems. She is young and noble, but not particularly beautiful and very poor. The young lady's greatest affection is her home, the ancestral castle of Gwendyl. This proud and once beautiful medieval castle is falling apart before her eyes, and she has no means to prevent it. In a moment of despair, Gwen decides that the only salvation is a marriage of convenience, but life convinces her that without love you cannot build happiness...