From the sheltered walls of Evington Hall to living under the tyrannical rule of her father on the Park Estate, Jude Park yearns for freedom. She begins a secret affair with the exciting and dangerous Leo Abramov. He sweeps her away to Paris where she can achieve her dreams of becoming an opera singer and can finally find independence from her family. In Paris Jude and Leo are thrown into the path of an elite secret society who guard their list of wealthy members as jealously as the insidious acts that occur within their walls. Peter Seymour has returned, uninspired and disillusioned, from years of living in Florence to find that the child of his closest friends has grown into a fascinating and passionate woman. Instantly intrigued by her, he is sent by Jude's parents to bring her home. Now Peter must risk everything to rescue her from an underworld of murder, secrets and dark deeds.