Ian Woods came to 1890s New York to work on his dream, designing the buildings of the future: skyscrapers. He had vowed never to lose his heart again, and so his career consumed him. Then he met the beautiful Julia, daughter of his patronand sensed a woman of keen intelligence and passion, chafing at societys restraints. Julia seemed to be a shallow society miss, but to Ian, she was beguilingand dangerous. They were drawn to the brink of love, despite his vowand then Julia stated her preference for another!