George IV's England provides the setting for the activities of a young, high-born prizefighter who, at a country auction, buys a farmer's wife for whom his brother is a fervent bidder

It is March 1850 and Lucy di Castelloni, a beautiful young Italian widow, settles in the English resort of Easthampton. This is the second volume of a trilogy; the other volumes being "Warwyck's Wife" and "The Warwycks of Easthampton". Other books by the author include "To Dance With Kings".

Tom Warwyck and Nicolette Radcliffe, the young heirs of two rival Easthampton families, reach out to one another across a chasm of scorn, family hatreds, and vindictiveness