Caterina thought a proposal to marry the Duke's son, Felton, would save her poor family. But the night before her debut ball, her bed is pillaged by Augustus, who brands her with his crest. Dishonored overnight, Caterina heads to her debut, hoping Felton will claim her love. But her world spirals when she realizes the man who's laid claim to her is the wicked Duke, and her fiancé's father.