Abandoned by her husband, Charlotte MacKinnon, Countess of Marne, goes straight from her London drawing room to an abandoned Scottish castle, where loneliness and oblivion await her. But the Countess is not one to sit idly by. Smart and educated, she runs a boarding school for young Scottish ladies in the castle. Things are looking up, and Charlotte has finally found the long-awaited peace of mind. But suddenly Dixon McKinnon, her husband’s cousin, strikingly similar to him, appears in the castle... In the arms of this man, she experiences true love for the first time. She gives him all her tenderness and passion.