Trapped in an arranged marriage, Mariel Mendoza clings to the hope that one day her childhood sweetheart will rescue her from her dreaded fate. But when he leaves her to fight for the freedom of their beloved homeland, Mariel is forced to act the proper wife to wealthy plantation owner Antonio Aguliar. Soon, Mariel finds herself drawn to her seductive husband, and as revolution rages through Puerto Rico, finds herself walking a perilous line between...