When claudia and ben meet in paris, the sexual frisson between them is powerful, instantaneous - and mutual, until claudia's home is burgled and she is violently attacked. she begins to suspect ben is less interested in her than in hugh, the enigmatic englishman who owns her apartment. hugh had been her father's best friend, and took care of her when her parents died. when she tells him ben is in paris, hugh is obviously troubled.
Fleeing in terror to hugh's villa, claudia is pursued by ben and other sinister figures. what secret does hugh know about the long-dead duke of windsor and why does it threaten their lives?
As she struggles in a web of treason and old lies, claudia has to decide whether ben is lover or deadly enemy.