Claudine Rafferty is rich, reckless and beautiful. So when she marries the notorious FranƯcois de Lorvoire, everyone in Paris is amazed. In an attempt to thwart FranƯcois’s cruelty and indifference, Claudine finds love in the arms of Armand St Jacques, one of her husband’s vignerons. Against a background of betrayal, conspiracy and murder, Claudine is forced to learn not only whom she can trust, but also who she really loves.