In this family, women die mysterious deaths, and their spirits continue to haunt the living. The ghost of the lady with rubies appears only when a loving heart must make a decisive choice. The beautiful Blanca, the daughter of a painter, disappears from home at the same time as the brilliant courtier to whom she gave her heart, and ten years later the secret of her disappearance is revealed and those living realize with horror that the past has as much power over the present as future events.