When the King grants lowborn Helena her choice of husband, she names her secret love Bertram, son of her mistress the Countess. After the ceremony, the snobbish Bertram flees and sends Helena this challenge - get the ring off his finger and conceive a child by him and he will be her husband. Determination and ingenuity are needed before "all ends well" for the jilted bride. Set in Victorian times, where sensuous passions hide behind the facade of a moral propriety.