The charming daughter of the Earl of Berisford, Paola, reluctantly accepted her mother's proposed trip to Italy - a pitiful, as the girl believed, a substitute for a brilliant season in London society. However, it was there, in the land of romance and love, that Paola met the man she could only dream of - Marchese Viggorio di Lucca, the most famous of the famous Italian conquerors of women, a man who opened for her a world of ardent passions and dangerous, exciting adventures...