1740s France and England--the age of hedonism and enlightenment. Antonia must flee the Court of Versailles and the lascivious attention of the predatory Comte de Salvan. She orchestrates an escape with the unwitting assistance of the all-powerful Duke of Roxton, a man she's been warned against as too dangerous for her to know. Roxton is an unlikely savior--arrogant, promiscuous, and sinister. Antonia's unquestioning belief in him may just be his...