Why was he different from all other men?

Abbey was bewildered by the attraction she felt for Hammond Scott. Until she'd met him, her life had been well-ordered. She was to marry a man who loved her and was approved of by her parents.

Then suddenly that was not enough. A penniless artist had taken her to emotional heights, and all she asked was to share his future.

But his appearance in her life was transitory, and she discovered belatedly the depths to which the human spirit can sink.