Victoria Manwell much prefers travelling the globe with her scholarly father to society's traditional expectations for a lady. Marriage includes too many strictures, and where will she find a man who embraces her unconventional passion for botany? Well, except for Stephen Forsythe, once a childhood friend but now an intriguing, handsome scientist. The reckless impulse to seduce him might bring her only trouble, but then again the erotic research might prove to be worth the potential scandal...