Hugo Delegate sits in jail for a series of murders he may or may not of committed.
He is passionately in love with Bronwyn, the young wild girl who was raised by wolves.
Hugo is from a wealthy family, and after leaving Harvard he joins his family on a railroad trip to the western United States.
It is here that he meets Bronwyn and his family agrees to adopt her.
Upon returning to the East Coast, the Delegate family takes it upon themselves to educate her and present her to high society.
Surprisingly, Bronwyn takes well to her new life, but she does have her own set of motives.
Bronwyn is the toast of the town. She is wildly sought after by many eligible men both young and old, but they all too frequently turn up dead….murdered in a grizzly fashion and in some cases–castrated.

Anna Brett was born abroad in India but was sent to live in England with her spinster aunt, Charlotte, where she would be educated.
When young Feyra wakes up late for her morning doctor ’rounds’ in the Sheikh’s harem she doesn’t realize that her tardiness will have dire consequences.
Emmy is a shy, sheltered sixteen-year-old when her mom, Kate, sends her to eastern Washington to an aunt and uncle she never knew she had.