Virginia Hughes, who became an orphan at the age of eighteen, goes from America to London to her uncle in the hope of help. But her ship is captured, and the girl becomes a hostage to Devlin O'Neill, her uncle's sworn enemy. Now she is an instrument of the terrible revenge that Devlin has planned. A proud American woman could hate her offender, but she is unable to resist this handsome man, because she craves him furiously...