On the morning when all this begins, nothing could be further from Anne Fairchild's mind than violence. To be in love, to be loved in return and to have just set the wedding date produces such a state of euphoria in any young woman that the darker side of life disappears in puff of gold spangled smoke.Unfortunately for Anne that smoke is as impermanent as castles in the air and the forces of darkness are brooding and gathering to descend bringing with them a disaster beyond her wildest dreams...