Na gelada São Petersburgo, um ladrãozinho barato conquista o coração da filha de um aristocrata, mas esse romance não vai ser nada fácil.

Katerina Verbitskaya was raised as a noble lady with her godmother Anna Chervinskaya but for the whole world she was only the property of Peter Chervinsky. She falls in love with the nobleman Alexey Kosach who knows nothing about her origin. On the way to freedom and love, the serf maid will have to overcome a lot of trials.