And so for the next half hour he played with her, he skimmed over the surface of danger, he enthralled her fancy, and with every sentence he threw the glamour of his love around her, he fascinated her soul. All his powers of attraction - and there were many - were employed for her undoing. Theodora Fitzgerald is an English rose who marries an elderly millionaire for the sake of her impoverished family. She's a loyal wife and tends to her frail husband's every need, but is deeply unhappy in the marriage. Then she meets Lord Bracondale. The attraction between two is immediate. Both try to supress their feelings, but their bond is unmistakable, and though they try to keep apart, a tentative love affair begins. Rumours about the couple soon spread throughout the community, and a spurned ex lover of Lord Bracondale vows to destroy their happiness. Will their passionate love prevail in the face of insurmountable pressures? A moving and beautifully romantic novel about forbidden love.

Author Biography

Elinor Glyn was born in 1864. Her romantic novels were considered scandalous in their day. Glyn was founder of the 'It Girl' concept, and handles social idiosyncracies with cutting satiric skill. She died in 1943.