A Kentucky Derby horse breeding farm sitting on forty acres is home to Marian and Peter Duquesne. Marian now a widow finds solace and comfort in her horses, her flowers and a stranger. The stranger is Sebastian Babineaux a swarthy young man. His past is hidden. His future unknown. Will Marian make it out of this chance encounter alive or will she end up another one of his victims? It is a race against time. Her will to live will be tested. Is she strong enough to play the roll of a younger mans lover? Marian has now become the sole object of Sebastian's obsession and he will stop at nothing to keep her close to him.