After the untimely demise of both her parents, young and beautiful Helen Benson comes under the care and tutelage of her uncle, Wilson Elliot, who runs a fashionable hotel in the city. But unrest is boiling over in the heart of the country, and Helen is about to become inexplicably involved. As it turns out, Wilson Elliot is more than a simple hotel owner—he’s an undercover agent for the state, and there’s about to be a rebel uprising. And while Helen is determined to stay out of politics, she never anticipated Rodney Gray, nor that she would fall in love with him when he stumbles, bleeding and broken from a violent encounter with the rebels, into the hotel.
In the process of nursing the fugitive back to health, Helen’s heart runs away from her and latches on to Mr. Gray, surrendering her life, soul, and chastity to him. But to protect the man she loves, she must set off on a dangerous mission, one that could not only endanger Rodney’s secret, but also her life.