Claudine Rafferty is rich reckless & beautiful. So when she throws herself into an arranged marriage with the eminently eligible but notorious Francois de Lorvoire everyone in Paris is amazed. Determined to cope with Francois' cruelty & indifference Claudine soon finds herself driven to find love in the arms of Armand St Jacques one of her husband's vignerons. But all is not what it seems in the de Lorvoire family. As Claudine learns more of Francois's sinister past she also inherits some of his most dangerous enemies. & against a background of betrayal & conspiracy she forced to learn not only whom she can trust but also whom she really loves...