Her blood racing with desire, her heart pounding with the fulfillment of a thousand dreams, beautiful New York debutante Elsie Cooper pledged her life and love to darkly handsome Count Alexander Martynov. After a whirlwind courtship, he swept her away from home and family, to Imperia Russia. There she discovered a world in which incredible opulence coexisted with grinding poverty,and the Imperial Family, indeed the entire Court, lived in fear of the evil monk, Rasputin. Plunged into this royal circle of madness and treachery, Elsie soon realized that her marriage to Alexander had placed her very life in danger, and only by thwarting Rasputin's awesome power could she hope to save herself and the man she loved.
