The little headstrong mistress of a huge estate, at twenty-four years old, decided that loneliness was her lot. For in any man who approached her within a cannon shot, she saw either a greedy rogue, greedy for her money, or a cold-blooded seducer seeking to conquer her. But it turns out that there are other men in the world: damn attractive and at the same time endowed with subtle mind and ardent heart. Maybe for the sake of this it is worth sacrificing irrepressible pride and obstinate disposition? Moreover, the circumstances that brought the heroes together are more than unusual: an attempt to solve the mystery of the mysterious disappearance of a scientist and remove suspicion from the heroine’s uncle who died prematurely.