Margaret Evans Porter

"Forced to leave her village after vicious rumors about her living alone threaten her reputation, Nerissa Newby sets out for her uncle's home and, along the way, encounters dashing Dominic Blythe, who is fleeing a trumped-up murder charge." --

"Hedy Kiesler, Austrian actress of Jewish heritage, scandalizes Europe with her nudity in the art film Ecstasy. Her hasty marriage to a wealthy munitions merchant disintegrates as he grows increasingly controlling and possessive. Even worse--he supplies deadly weapons to Hitler's regime. She flees husband and homeland for Hollywood, where Louis B. Mayer transforms her into Hedy Lamarr, an icon of exotic glamour. Professional success clashes with...

A beautiful Irish heiress falls in love with the son of a nobleman who was once in love with her mother. Can this situation be resolved so that love can take its course.