Art historian Dr Miranda Jones arrives home one night to feel a knife against her throat...Her unseen assailant steals her bags and disappears. Though deeply shaken, Miranda is distracted when she is asked to verify the authenticity of a Renaissance bronze known as THE DARK LADY, but her reputation is nearly destroyed when her judgement is called into question. It becomes clear that the attack on her was no simple mugging, but Miranda has no one to rely on but Ryan Boldari, a seductive art thief, in her quest for the truth about THE DARK LADY...