Rosamund Bird, finding herself at the center of a monstrous scandal, is forced to accept the Dowager Duchess's offer to stay at her cozy rural estate. Well, at least the charm of rural solitude can replace Rosamund's temptation-filled London society, where reputations so easily perish! However, if the devil wants to find a victim, he will find one. It is in the Duchess's mansion that Rosamund meets the dangerous destroyer of women, Luke St. Aubyn, Duke Helston. And he gradually drags her into the net of temptation and passion, which is impossible to avoid...