简介：InatowncalledHopeontheedgeofBritain'sempire,desperationsclash:thebeautifulDorotheaBrookisdesperatetofreeherpregnantsisterRosefromtheclutchesofFraser,afortunehunter.Alocalpolitician,WilliamPoyner,isdesperateforcashandthinksmarriagetoDorotheawillsavehim.DorotheahiresLawrenceHayes,aroughbuthandsomeArgonaut,tobribeFraserwithjewelsandtomarryRose;HayesdesperatelylovesDorotheaandmaymarryRosetostayclosetoher.ButDorotheahasalover,theravishingAnneCooper,whoencouragesthematchwithPoysertogivetheloverscover.Aretheseremedies,eachdesperateinitsturn,goingtomakeanyonehappy?…