Ryland, Marquis of Conover, and Loretta Vincent were inseparable from early childhood. And then fate separated them for many years... However, Ryland could not stop loving Loretta. He returned to make her his wife, no matter the cost. Having met a decisive refusal, he is at first perplexed: has his beloved forgotten him? But passion turns out to be stronger than pain and resentment, and the Marquis decides: in love, as in war, all means are fair. From now on, his goal is to seduce Loretta and show her that his heart never belonged to another woman.