Historian Julia Symonds is beginning to lose her patience with David, her patronising and overbearing fiancé, as they cruise around the Mediterranean. Then she is approached by the charismatic - and sexually sophisticated - Rupert and Merise, who need her help in their quest for the lost treasure of Ancient Troy.

The exact location of the city's remains is a secret, known only to a ruthless criminal fraternity, and Julia must call upon her powers of seduction to extract the necessary information from its ringleader. Her previous shyness and inhibitions forgotten, she soon finds herself relishing the ensuing game of sensual deceptions - and the numerous other pleasures to which her new associates introduce her.