London, 1711. As the rich, young offspring of the city's most fashionable families fill their days with masquerade balls and clandestine courtships, beautiful and vain Arabella Fermor and man-about-town Robert, Lord Petre, lead the pursuit of pleasure. Drawn together by an overpowering attraction, the two begin an illicit affair. As the forbidden passion between Arabella and Lord Petre deepens, an intrigue of a darker nature threatens to overtake them. Fortunes change and reputations-even lives-are imperiled. In the aftermath, Alexander Pope, a ruthless observer whose uncommon wit and ambition gain him unlikely entrance into high society, discovers the idea for a daring poem that will catapult him to fame and fortune. The stunningly talented Sophie Gee brings to life the hedonism, romance, and risk of this world in her sophisticated and enticing debut.

ISBN: 9781416540571