The
Dowager Viscountess
Ransome simply must find
something to fill the
endless days of summer.
So she invites a party
of young people to her
estate and sits back to
watch the sparks fly.
The guests look forward
to a respite in the
idyllic countryside. But
instead they find
treachery, secrets--and
that most inconvenient
bother, passion...
Frederick Parcival wants
to win over wealthy Lady
Diana, but the young
widow can't take her
eyes off her long-lost
first love, Sir Thomas
Cole. However, Tom's
ambitious mother is
determined he marry Lady
Caroline Reid, who would
prefer to marry Lord
Edward Sutton, who loves
Diana's sister
Charlotte, who is
intrigued by rakish
Roland Kirk-Bedwin. In
such a very tangled web,
tempers will surely
flare--and desire
bloom--as what should
have been a relaxing
holiday turns into
anything but..."