Only the deepest desire could bring them together. Only the darkest betrayal could tear them apart.OliviaThe elegant American daughter of privilege, she is seduced by the opulence of a strange and beautiful culture. But her seduction isn't complete until she meets the man who becomes her opium... her obsession.JaiThe tormented son of an unknown Englishman and an Indian servant girl, he is an alien in the prejudiced world of the British Raj - a dark, forbidding man Olivia can neither trust... nor resist.TogetherThey explore the sensuous, exotic tapestry of India in 1848 - from its riotous peasant bazaars to tiger hunts in hushed jungles...And, together, they defy every convention of a time and place, swept up in a powerful blend of passion and frustration that transforms them from devoted lovers to fierce enemies.