Jules, Lark, Robin, and Gwen live in a 16th century castle that was purchased by Jules' great-grandfather while in Europe in the 1900s. It was disassembled, and then reassembled in Miami, along with extensive gardens, hedge mazes, labyrinths, and water features, including a moat.Lark is an astronomy-obsessed poet, Robin is a religion-obsessed artist, and Gwen is a perfection-obsessed model. They all spend their days and nights in Jules' castle where they live a magical and mysterious life, free from societal worries.These four, young, eccentric, brilliant and beautiful friends eat, drink, talk and, for the most part, live, as if they are in medieval times until one of them murders a little girl and the others make every effort to cover up the crime and protect their friend who is spiraling into madness.