Synopsis: A lovely Manhattan townhouse, set like a jewel in a picturesque mews, sheltered from the street, complete with a common garden...A young woman new to the city and to its many forms of passion ... A sudden powerful love affair, which leads her slowly, inexorably to the realization that she is the sacrificial object in an ancient ritual of love and death. A spellbinding tale of erotic evil - as irresistibly seductive as it is absolutely chilling.