Many men had pursued Loveday Fairchild, the headstrong and
beautiful daughter of the dissolute Lord Fairchild. Now he
had wagered the girl's virtue at the gaming tables and lost.
Loveday was forced to flee and the enraged winner, Theo
Tierney, balked of his rightful winnings, embarked on a
scheme to avenge himself.
Loveday found sanctuary with a distant relative at
Ballerfast. But there she discovered new danger. Someone in
her benefactor's household wanted to kill her.
As if Loveday had not trouble enough, Averil, profligate
master of Ballerfast, developed a passion for her and was
determined to marry her.
But Loveday had very different plans for her future.