In Jamaica, the beautiful Sophia Stanton-Greville enjoyed the scandalous fame of a woman of very free behavior and clearly set out to confirm her dubious fame. Why else would she persistently try to seduce the young English aristocrat Rider Sherbrooke? However, the further he goes, the more Ryder suspects that under the mask of a frivolous seductress hides a pure and innocent girl who has started a risky game for a purpose that is still unclear to him...