- Lady Vivienne is implicated in a murder as a result of refusing the romantic suit of Henry Porthen. Years later, in South Africa, she encounters the man she suspects of the murder. At the same time, another rejected suitor, Wolf Montague, threatens to destroy homesteaders obstructing his plans, and only Vivienne can warn them in time to avoid a catastrophic man-made flood.—Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>
- Lady Vivienne Carlton, an English beauty, balks at her grandfather's attempt to marry her off to Henry Porthen, a wealthy businessman. After Porthen is lured into a bad investment by the girl's grandfather, he plots his revenge by inviting Lady Vivienne to his hunting lodge, along with Freddy Sutherland, a society light-weight. Porthen locks Sutherland in a room, then attempts to have his way with Lady Vivienne. As she fights him off, a shot rings out and Porthen falls dead. Lady Vivienne believes Sutherland fired the shot, but in reality, it was Porthen's jealous secretary. Lady Vivienne escapes from the lodge undetected, while Sutherland disappears.
Years later, Lady Vivienne is in South Africa looking into her property holdings. Wolf Montague, a Cape Town politician, falls for her, but she is not interested. During one of her trips, she becomes lost. She is captured, and faces a life of white slavery. Kerry Burgess, an engineer, stumbles across the kidnappers' camp. He overcomes her captors and carries her safely to the nearest town. Lady Vivienne falls for him, and just when she decides to marry him, she encounters Sutherland, who is now a drunk. Still believing he saved her life, she decides to take care of him and misses her wedding.
Eventually Sutherland tells her what really happened at the lodge, and then he slips away, not wanting to be a burden to her. Lady Vivienne overhears a plot, concocted by the jealous Montague, to dynamite a dam and drown Burgess and the villagers. Vivienne rides off to warn Burgess, and arrives as the water is sweeping down the valley upon the trapped people. She and Burgess are caught in a torrent. But they both make it safely to shore, where they renew their love.
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