The yacht Ariadne breaks up in a squall and washes heiress Katerina Vitalyevna onto a coastline with no harbour, no phone and no clothes of her own. Fisherman Kofi Adjei carries her out of the surf — and then refuses every rouble, ring and promise she owns. She is used to being obeyed. She is not used to being wanted. By the time she stops trying to buy her way off his beach, the beacon of the yacht she was running from has already started calling her back.