禍水紅顏

Valentine was living--loving on borrowed time

Once Kemp Irvine knew who she was, and the part she had played in his cousin Philip's tragic death, he would feel nothing for her but hate.

Only by Philip's death had Kemp come into his unwanted inheritance, and he cherished a bitter grudge against the unknown woman who had destroyed his family--and his own hopes for the future.

She must tell him, that was certain. But Valentine's coward spirit begged for a little more time to love him ....

維倫坦 ‧ 麥克蘭妮 - 本書女主角。麗質天生，男士們夢寐以求的伴侶，但獨鍾於坎培；而菲力普的悲劇，造成她心裡的疙瘩，坎培又對她存有偏見，重重的網不斷地把她罩住....。

坎培 ‧ 伊凡 - 本書男主角。維倫坦的老闆，被她的美色所吸引住，但表弟菲力普的悲劇，使得對她心懷芥蒂。

艾瑪 ‧ 艾頓 - 道肯的妹妹，聰明伶俐，舉止大方，對坎培十分傾心，也因而忌妒維倫坦，甚至把她的醜聞披露給坎培知曉。

菲力普 ‧ 威廉 - 坎培的表弟，使君有婦，卻愛上了維倫坦，因不能獲得愛的回報，以自殺結束了自己的生命。