Gabriela is a real, not a fairy-tale princess. Her father is the monarch of the small, beautiful principality of Cordina, in which serious passions are boiling and vile intrigues are brewing. Gabriela becomes their victim. Having miraculously escaped from the kidnappers, she loses her memory, and in order to protect her daughter from a second attack, Prince Armand invites a close family friend, Reeve McGee, to the palace as a bodyguard. True to his sense of duty, Reeve agrees to this role, not knowing what fate has in store for him...