Английский королевский двор времен реставрации монархии, полный бурлящих страстей и интриг. Молодой студент-медик Роберт Меривел получает место ветеринара королевских собак. Пытаясь защитить свою фаворитку Леди Селию от гнева королевы, Карл Второй предлагает Роберту вступить с ней в фиктивный брак. В награду Роберт получает титулы и поместья, но блеск богатства меркнет рядом с внезапно вспыхнувшей страстью.
В сентябре 1938 года британский детектив приезжает в небольшой французский прибрежный город, чтобы расследовать смерть коллеги. Главными подозреваемыми являются члены английской аристократической семьи с множеством скелетов в шкафу.
With a drug-addled lifestyle and a prison sentence firmly behind him, Abel is determined to go straight and stay clean... as soon as he's seen to one final heist. In the house that he burgles he comes across Elizabeth - rich, desperate, hopelessly addicted to a heroin and unconscious. Saving her from the clutched of an overdose, Abel stays out of compassion which eventually evolves into attraction. But when Abel takes on Elizabeth he also takes on her family. His resolution to go straight has to go on the back burner while he struggles against a drugs conspiracy that stretched from the slums of the East End to the Houses of Parliament.
The London branch of Whitney Paine, a major American investment bank, is in the midst of a crisis; after the loss of $100 million, one of their leading traders, Tony Eisner commits suicide by putting a slug through his head while seated at his place in the board room. Despite the high stakes, many of the firm's staff are eager to step into Tony's now-vacated shoes and get credit for saving the company. Daniel Pascoe, the leading trader at the firm, is convinced that he's first in line for the assignment, but the firm imports a new trader from America, Anna Schuman. Daniel is enraged and makes a point of trying to dig up as much dirt on Anna as he can, but things are going to take another turn.
