When Tara is paraded under Count Lucien Maxime's nose, he's taken with her sweetness...and her wonderfully voluptuous figure. Naked and nervous, Tara finds herself in the count's bed. She realizes too late that everything is paid for...including her. Stripped of her innocence and her heart, Tara vows never to make the same mistake again. Then tragedy throws her into the count's path once more. She has something he wants. And she won't be leaving until he gets it....