Two years ago, Verity Thompson, a wealthy heiress and fiancée of the Earl of Hawkswell, disappeared immediately after her wedding. The Count can neither marry again nor take advantage of the fabulous dowry of his missing wife, because her death has not been proven... But suddenly Verity was found. True, the Count will be severely disappointed: she does not intend to fulfill her marital duties, because she was forced into marriage... Hawkswell enters into a secret agreement with Verity: three kisses a day - and he will renounce his marital rights. The naive girl agrees, not suspecting what kind of tempter she has fallen into...