Firmly on the shelf, spinster Amanda Fitzhugh is far too level-headed to again fall for any man's seductive promises. She had been down that road before and barely escaped with her reputation intact. She was content to chaperon her young cousin's come-out and betrothal to Simon Hannibal Thornton, one of England's most esteemed war heroes, now Lord Sommersby. But when the iron-willed earl with a haunted castle turns his soldierly skills from winning a bride to conquering her companion, Amanda discovers her own heart in mortal danger amid the ghosts of passion.

—"What a splendid feast for the senses, Ms. Putman sets before us! ...And for the piece de resistance, there are the ghosts..." Romantic Times.