The Restoration Court knows Lady Dona St Columb to be ripe for any folly, any ou
trage that will alter the tedium of her days. But there is another, secret Dona
who longs for freedom, honest love - and sweetness, even if it is spiced with da
nger. To escape the shallowness of court life, Dona retreats to Navron, her husb
and's remote Cornish estate.