Beautiful young Frances MacFern has come to the Highlands of Scotland in search of the past, to probe the mystery surrounding her grandfather who had fled the ancestral home as a young man. Her uncle and cousins make her welcome at Glenalder House, but behind the pleasant facade Frances senses strange undercurrents of hostility and deception. As dark family secrets come to light, and what has long been concealed is blindingly revealed, Frances finds the answer she has sought -- and with it unexpected romance....