In this historical romance, heroine Isabella Vernaducci is aristocratic but poor. When it comes time to save her brother--unjustly accused and thrown into prison--from death, she approaches the local ruler, Don Nicolai DeMarco, on his behalf. Don Nicolai is rumored to be a beast who devastates every woman who crosses his path. But Isabella finds that the case is quite different, and that the beast can be tamed.