Znamenityj lovelas londonskogo sveta gertsog Uikliff prekrasno ponimal, chto mozhet soblaznit" lyubuyu zhenschinu. Pochemu zhe togda kholodnaya krasavitsa Emma Grenvill tak uporno otvergaet vse ukhazhivaniya i protivostoit ego neotrazimym charam? Gertsog dolzhen, obyazan vlyubit" v sebya etu nedostupnuyu gordyachku. No obol"schenie - oruzhie opasnoe, i odnazhdy okhotnichij azart vpolne mozhet prevratit"sya v istinnuyu, zharkuyu, nepreodolimuyu strast"...