At one time, the Duke of Temple, unjustly accused of murdering the beautiful Mara Lowe, was expelled from society. Disgraced and persecuted, he becomes the owner of an underground gambling house. Now he is surrounded by adventurers, gamblers and courtesans. But one day... Mara appeared on his doorstep, alive and unharmed, and offered a deal: the Duke forgives her brother’s gambling debts, and she returns to the world and removes the mark of a murderer from him. However, why did Mara shroud herself in secrecy? What does this beautiful, mysterious, alluring woman hide, about whom Temple constantly thinks day and night?