Free at last from a mis-matched marriage, Rachel Ingram makes her home by the sea in the country house she adores. At last she has the time and money to live a life that fulfils all her needs. And, despite the disapproval of her friends and the social restrictions of the 1920s, what she needs is the sensual bliss she finds in the arms of a golden youth fourteen years her junior.

But the world will not leave her alone to enjoy her affair with Daniel. The aura of sensuality that surrounds her attracts others whose erotic intentions are not so innocent...