Beautiful young Melanie Johnston had every reason to hate Roland Donovon. It was this man who caused the death of her beloved grandfather. It was he who possessed her in a night of mischief and madness, forever staining her honor. It was he who drove away the well-born suitor she was to have wed.

There was only one way for Melanie to take revenge - she would marry him and then use her every feminine wile to destroy him.

But Melanie did not dream then of the strength of her own hungers - and the weakness of her flesh...