When wealthy Irish gentleman, Blair Dunleavy, attends an art auction, the painting of a beautiful woman affects him deeply. He becomes determined to find the model and make her his mistress. After Gina Russo, the step-daughter of the artist, rebuffs Blair, he becomes even more determined to make the beautiful, fiery woman his own. Gina’s mother has brought her up to remain chaste until marriage. No mean feat in the demi-world in which she lives. She has never been tempted by any man until Blair Dunleavy comes into her life. She resists his advances until circumstances cast her destitute onto the dangerous London streets. Desperate, she offers herself to him, only to find he has suffered a change of heart. Blair no longer wants Gina as his mistress. He intends to marry her. Called back to Ireland when he returns he finds she has disappeared. Has she gone willingly? Or has she been abducted? He won’t rest until he learns the truth. Previously published as part of Diary of a Painted Lady.