When orphaned Elinor Rosslyn is confronted by handsome Stafford Darville with news that her Portugese grandfather has died, Elinor is amazed, unaware she had relatives. She travels to Portugal to meet her grandmother, Contessa da Milaveira, and heal the family rift. At the Palacio, though by law she has a right to live there, she finds her life in danger. Who is her enemy? Gothic Romance by Nancy Buckingham; originally published by Robert Hale