Nothing in life comes for free, the beautiful Madeline learned this truth the hard way. And now, when the debts of her late husband, a reveler and a spendthrift, have been paid by Brock Taylor, who grew up on the outskirts of Madeline’s parental estate, she understands very well that salvation will cost her dearly from ruin and scandal. After all, it was Brock who once became her first love - and it was this love that she was forced to betray. What does the former poor servant now want from a woman who was completely in his power? Revenge? Submission? Or – the return of love, which cannot and should not fade away?..