In the sultan's harem in Constantinople the captive Selina enslaved the mightiest of rulers with her blond beauty and sorcery only to risk all to possess the one man who wanted to resist her . . . in the Czar's court in St. Petersburg the captivating Baroness Olga Kanilov turned from her powerful and ruthless husband to seek a different kind of love with a handsome, dangerous stranger . . . in an embattled Greek village the gallant and dedicated freedom-fighter Katerina cast aside her warrior's role to become a woman in the arms of her once most hated foe . . . three women -- willing to sacrifice everything for the man who offered them a paradise worth the pain he brought . . .