"I am the Duchess of Plaisance, Sophie de Marbois-Lebrun... I truly came to know love only in the country that marked my life, Greece. Here I understood that it was my homeland, as if it had been waiting for me for years..."

Athens 1846. American journalist Danae Thornton arrives in the city with the aim of interviewing the richest woman in Greece, the famous Duchess of Plaisance. As she tours the Athens of Otto and Amalia, she hears people everywhere talking about this eccentric woman.

One day, Danae meets a handsome young man, Ioannis Mavromichalis. They become romantically involved, and for her, Athens becomes the city of love.

At some point, the young journalist is urgently summoned to the palace. Queen Amalia warns her that she has annoyed many with her questions about the duchess, about whom the queen speaks in the worst terms. Danae pays no heed, understanding the rivalry between the two women.

But she does not suspect that the wheel of fate is already turning against her. Soon, old nightmares will come to life, and enemies from the past will emerge. They will strike her and her beloved Ioannis, leaving deep scars on her body and soul.

In her quest for redemption in her undefined destiny, Danae will have to traverse the dark corridors of the palace of a woman who has been watching her for a long time.

The gripping story of the forgotten Duchess of Plaisance, a woman who fought alone against fate, with her only weapon being her love for Greece.