A half-English, masked but clearly beautiful young girl flees an arranged marriage to an aging Marchese into the gaiety and chaos of the Venice Carnival⌠A dashingly handsome Marquis in Venice on a top-secret mission for the English Prime Minister⌠A terrible storm that blows the Marquis's yacht off course and into the hands of murderous and lustful Barbary Pirates⌠A hastily arranged prison wedding to save her from a Fate worse than death. And a kiss that changes two lives foreverâŚ