I'd gladly sell my soul to satan for a year of freedom," Cries rosamond vivian to her callous grandfather. A brooding stranger seduces her from the remote island onto his yacht. Trapped in a web of intrigue, cruelty, and...I'd gladly sell my soul to satan for a year of freedom," Cries rosamond vivian to her callous grandfather. A brooding stranger seduces her from the remote island onto his yacht. Trapped in a web of intrigue, cruelty, and deceit, she flees to Italy, France, Germany, from Paris garret to mental asylum, from convent to chateau - stalked by obsessed phillip tempest.