A story of love, jealousy and murder. Novelist Richard Harland and socialite Ellen Berent meet on a train to New Mexico. It is love at first sight, and they are soon married. Ellen's love for Richard is an obsessive, possessive one, much like the love she had for her now deceased father, who Richard physically resembles. She wants Richard all to herself and resents anyone who takes a place in his life and heart, even if his love for that person is not a romantic one. It can only lead to heartache...