In the soft glow of a table lamp, a man was making love to a slim redheaded girl. She was stretched across the desk, naked, her legs wrapped tightly round his waist. The man looked up and saw Jessica. He smiled.Within an hour of setting foot inside Malestone House, Jessica Harper realises she has made a mistake. A shy young schoolmistress still pining for the fiancé she lost in the Great War, Jessica has agreed to spend Christmas with an uninhibited group of strangers. When she discovers her host, Jack Heally, making love to a naked woman in the next room, she decides to leave.But the next morning Jessica has a change of heart.

The sensual atmosphere at Malestone is infectious. And - she cannot deny it - the sight of the devastatingly handsome Jack embracing the other woman has lit a sexual spark within her. A spark she years to fan into flame.