Rivalled only by the King's mistress, Lady Panthea Vyne was the most widely adored young beauty at the sumptuous Court of Charles II. But she could only think of the mysterious highwayman who had once saved her from a harrowing life of misery and shame - and now she learned he was under a sentence of death. Just as she despaired of ever clearing his name, she felt the full fury of the King's mistress. With all evidence pointing to her, she, Panthea, was being charged with murder! And the only way to clear herself was to betray the man she loved....