In the closing months of 1792, the terror of the French Revolution forces Camille, the young Comte du Viviere, to flee his homeland and seek refuge with his relatives in England. For Madeleine, the arrival of her handsome French cousin marks a change in her so-far uneventful existence, and soon she finds herself caught up in a dangerous web of intrigue that also entangles Camille. But is he victim or villain? The author weaves a tale of romance, adventure, and intrigue set during the final years of Georgian England.