 In Martinique, Antilles, Juan del Diablo is a schooner captain, he is beautiful and strong. He is the illegitimate son of Francisco Duchamps, who is the husband of Sofia and half-brother of Renato Duchamps. Juan is Aimee s lover, she is Renato s fiancée, but he doesn t know about their official relation. Aimee is an intriguing and ambitious woman who wants to preserve the power and money of Renato and the passion and unforeseen of Juan. Aimee has a sister Monica, who is secretly in love with Renato, but she is going to became a nun. Then Renato marries Aimee and he discovers their secret relation. Renato obliges Monica to marry Juan because she was part of their tricks. After some time they discover that they are in love, but so many things separate them: social differences, culture, personalities. Then Aimee dies in an accident and Renato gets mad, he wants to take a revenge on Juan and Monica, because he considers them the cause of his troubles. He makes him to go to jail, he tries to take away his inheritance. During the eruption of Mount Mount Pelée volcano, Sofia dies and Renato understands his mistakes and he asks everybody to forgive him. Juan and Monica will be free to love.