This sudsy made-for-television melodrama is based on a Barbara Cartland novel and follows the romantic exploits of an American heiress who sets sail for exciting Paris at the turn-of-the-century. Initially she is going there to meet her fiance, but once there she ends up falling in love with a French journalist and nearly losing her life. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide 　　An innocent heiress falls in love with a Parisian journalist. When he rejects her affection, she accepts a dinner invitation from another man, unaware that he is involved with a cult of murderous Satanists. Adapted from the novel by Barbara Cartland. 　　In this romantic melodrama, taken from Barbara Cartland's popular best-seller, Linda Purl is a turn-of-the-century American heiress who, while en route to her betrothal to an English duke (Timothy Dalton), encounters love and intrigue in the arms of a French journalist (Shane Briant).