"CONTESSE" is an exciting story of a chase up the old Natchez Trace, a major pioneer trail running from Natchez, Mississippi, to Nashville, Tennessee. "The year is 1799. I am Dennis De Villanee, a retired pirate turned BUSINESSMAN! I am known for my wicked laugh. I own SATAN"S PLACE, a gentleman"s house of pleasure in Natchez, north of New Orleans on the Mississippi River. "No girl escapes from my house of pleasure, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, not even you!" Contesse escaped. She meets three Pennsylvania brothers, and they flee up the Trace with De Villanee after them.