American widow Eleanor, Lady Scarbrough, is appointed trustee of her husband Edmund's estate after he dies suddenly in an accident. Her mother-in-law, infuriated, sends Edmund's uncle, Lord Anthony Neale, "to put an end to Eleanor's nefarious gold-digging ways." "Despite their inital misgivings, they are increasingly drawn to each other. But someone is threatening Eleanor, and as the break-ins and other malicious activities begin to pile up... it's...