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In 1819, Lady Vesta Cressinton-Font travels alone to the small Mediterranean island of Katona as bride by proxy to its heredity Prince. As soon as she left her ship and set foot on Katona, the blue-eyed, exquisitely beautiful Vesta felt frightened and totally alone. It was certainly not the reception she had expected. No library descriptions found.
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In 1819, Lady Vesta arrives alone in Katona as bride by proxy to its hereditary Prince. To her dismay the imperious Count Miklos tells Vesta that revolution has broken out and she must return to England.
This Vesta refuses to do and commands the unwilling nobleman to take her to the Capital.
After a hazardous journey and capture by brigands. Vesta arrives at the Royal Hunting Lodge only to face new dangers for the Count who aroused in her an ecstasy such as she had never imagined ... ( )