Aislin Brooks has always dreamed of living in New York. She had a chance - her older brother found money for her and offered her a ticket to the city of dreams. However, there is one thing. She will be under the care of his friend. Dick Marlowe is a loner, with a narrow circle of close people, a brilliant entrepreneur whose usual way of life is under threat because of Aislin. She is under his care. Under the tutelage of a man whose adventures and success have become legend. But she is forbidden to him, as he is to her.