LadyCarolineFaymeetsLordVaneBreccon,andisattractedtohim.Shefindsoutthatheisbeingaccusedofamurderhedidnotcommit.Shesetsouttoprovehiminnocent,andtakesapositioninhisfamilycastleasacompaniontohismother.ShediscoversthattheBrecconfamilyisnotonlywealthyinlandandfortune,butrichinsecretslurkingbehindthecastlewalls.