Beautiful, Young, Impoverished Parson?S Daughter, Hermia Brooke, Ishappy With Her Simple Country Life, Despite Being Shunned By Herwealthy Uncle The Earl Of Millbrooke And Her Cousin, The Spoilt Andselfish Marilyn. In A Chance Encounter With A Raffishly Handsomegentleman, Whom She Decides Resembles The Devil Himself, Shenevertheless Helps Him With A Stone Stuck In His Horse?S Hoof. Rewarded With A Golden Guinea And A Shocking Kiss, Hermia Findsher World Turned Topsy Turvy When She Meets The Mysterious Strangeronce More At The Behest Of Marilyn, Who Is Determined To Trap This?Devil? ? Namely The Marquis Of Deverille ? Into Marriage. Just As Hermia?S Innocent Heart Warms To The Gentler Side Of This Hard - Bitten Aristocrat And He Falls Under Her Guileless Spell, The Marquis Isembroiled In A Murderous Plot And Hermia Must Fight For His Life, Even As All Hope Of The Love She Dreams About For Herself Seems Lost