Escaping with her governess from the wretched clutches of her domineering stepmother, the lovely Sophy Richmond soon found herself deep in the arms of a handsome young Hussar. It was then that she learned the terrible price of illicit love...
The affair was fiery but brief. He was called to the front, leaving her to cry over passion that ended as suddenly as it had begun, but scarred her conscience and dashed her hopes of ever meeting a man whom she could call her husband...
Then she met Leon de Nerval, a wealthy businessman. They married and it seemed that happiness was hers, until she was threatened by the haunting shadow of the past, the still-remembered flames of a passion that would no let her escape...