No one knew anything for sure, but the world had enough suspicion: one way or another, many considered Baron Alec Rayburn guilty of the death of his young wife. Exhausted by universal condemnation, Rayburn took extreme measures - he turned to a private detective agency, wanting to bring to light the true villain - a cynical and insidious seducer who drove the unfortunate woman to suicide. Alec had no idea that the detective would be the lovely red-haired Mary Arden Evensong, who would return joy, light and the thirst for true love into his life, and be able to give him long-awaited happiness...