Ruthless Sebastian Durant forces Maureen Fairchild to pose as his fiancee in order to gain entrance into her ancestral home to stop a blackmail plot. Maureen had never intended to return to the relatives and the past she had fled years ago, but Sebastian leaves her no choice. Once home, she learns that family secrets abound and that she herself is the target of the blackmail scheme. And she realizes that her false fiancee may be her one true love.