Devon Lancaster is fascinated by the beautiful vicar's daughter, Jane Hawkins, who has been summoned to the will reading of the late Lord Banfield. But is she truly only a vicar's daughter? Or does her past hold secrets that put her very life in danger?

Jane knows she is unlikely to find a husband among the handsome men at Castle Keyvnor because of her poverty. But when she is locked in the wine cellar with Devon, she finds that the Devil of Lancaster sets her blood on fire. She's afraid to surrender to his touch for fear of being abandoned.

But one meddling ghost just might make a match between two reluctant lovers who are destined to be together...