"My dear girl! I could never fall in love by letter. Though I have no doubtyou are a notorious breaker of hearts, not to mention a princess indisguise, and if I were a few miles closer to Toot-above -the-Batch I wouldbe in great danger. From the safe distance of another continent, I willadmit to a modest desire to see how your pearl becomes you, even to know thecolor of your hair and eyes, but this is mere curiosity, I assure you." Overseven years, the innocent correspondence between the lonely young FolieHamilton and her husband's cousin in India, Lieutenant Robert Cambourne,transformed into a secret passion. He called her his letters "My sweetFolly..." After Folie's husband died, Robert became the guardian of herstepdaughter, and, on his return to England, summoned them to his imposingestate. In an instant, Folie's expectations of a heroic soldier weredestroyed. For this Robert Cambourne was a man on the edge of madness,tormented by unseen demons. Possessing a dark seductiveness and atempestuous nature, he both frightened and fascinated Folie. But fear turnedinto desire and madness into mystery as Folie was drawn deeper and deeperinto the danger that surrounded him...