An animal rights activist. A sadistic billionaire and his beautiful young victim. Adam Hurst felt his reason for existence crumble as all hunting with hounds became outlawed. The battle against an ancient barbarity had been won, and he had become redundant. Yet one target remained. The titled owner of vast estates who presumed that he lived above the law. Adam's new crusade; to expose the Earl of Silverleigh for the monster that he knew him to be. Earl Marcus, bloodsports enthusiast, and devotee of the sixteenth century libertine the Marquis de Sade. A man of unimaginable wealth, and unspeakable depravity, Driven by the writings of his hero, a man determined to translate the sordid fiction of Justine, his favourite book, into terrifying fact. Theresa. The very essence of virtue. Stolen from her home, her identity erased. A girl desperate for love, but finding submission as her only hope of survival. Theresa has become Justine, but her nightmare has only just begun.