Hoping to surprise and impress the horse-loving Empress Elisabeth of Austria during her imminent visit to his ancestral home, the Duke of Buclington decides that he must invest in some of the best thoroughbred Hungarian horses. He had planned to take his lovely young daughter, Lady Aletha, to Hungary with him to buy them, but, when Queen Victoria sends him on an important errand to Denmark, he is then forced to send in her place his equestrian stalwart, Mr. James Heywood. Bitterly...
Barbara Cartlandi järjekordne jutustus räägib noorest ja impulsiivsest tütarlapsest, kelle seiklusjanu tirib teda Napoleoni-aegse Prantsusmaa ohukeeristesse ja abiellu mehega, keda ta peaaegu ei tunnegi.
Christine Lydford saab teada vihatud võõrasema salaplaanist sundida teda abielluma oma armukese, skandaalse markii Tian Ventnoriga. Christine'i ainus võimalus on põgenemine koos armastatud Harryga. Sõbranna Mina otsustab Christine'i aidata.
