Seeking shelter from a violent storm, Benedict Beckenham assists a woman as embarrassed in circumstance as he is himself. Weeks later, on visiting his godmother, he is astonished to find the damsel in distress in residence.For her part, Theda is dismayed by the rise of passion between them which threatens to jeopardise her precarious position as companion to a dying woman. But when a shocking inheritance blasts their friendship apart, Theda is forced to confront the ghosts of her past.Will the blistering scandals of yesteryear keep Theda and Benedict forever divided? Or will the flame of love triumph?