For lovely young Atalanta Lynton, the proposed marriage to her cousin William, Viscount Cottesford, seemed an answer to her prayers-- until she found herself deeply in love with Paul Beaulieu, a handsome young painter. Atalanta is forced to choose between happiness and wealth in this passionate love story that vividly contrasts the glittering life of Paris with the color artist's life of Montmartre.

In the Paris of 1880's the lively romantic world of the brilliant, impoverished Impressionists, lovely young Alalanta must choose between the colorful artist' life of Montmartre, and a secure and wealthy marriage to her cousin.