Katherine Snow should have hated and despised Burke Grisham, the dissolute friend of her unfaithful husband and, as she believed, the culprit of his death... however, the beauty’s mind tells her one thing, and her heart tells her something completely different.

Will it be love for Burke as a dark pool of carnal passion in which both Katherine’s reputation and honor will perish? Or, under the mask of a vicious adventurer, is there a man who can give his beloved not only pleasure, but also happiness?..