From the stately manors of sinister secrets of Victorian England - to the naked greed and lust of the South African diamond pits ABIGAIL LAND, a beautiful young woman seeking justice for her wronged mother, and searching for the true identity of her mysterious father. HARLEY TREMAYNE, once a dashing lieutenant, now a figure of vast wealth, power, and possible peril for Abigail. JAKE ANSTEL, a half-Irish adventurer, outrageously crude, insufferably domineering, undeniably attractive. These three come together in a tumultuously exciting romantic novel set in the time of Queen Victoria, when propriety warred with passion, and shameful sins seethed just below the surface of a golden era...