After being used as the pawn in a blackmail scheme - and traded as the bride to a debauched brute - the beautiful Bianca finally flees the cruel union and seeks shelter in a seaside villa. But it's the shocking murder of her husband that proves even more liberating. Unfortunately, Florentine society will never approve of the new man she's chose: Prince Amir, grandson of Mehmet the Conqueror. How can two lovers from two cultures find happiness in a world determined to tear them apart?