What really happened Edward Mordrake? In the late 18th Century, Lord Edward Mordrake moved to America in search of a wife, to give him an heir to his Earldom. A poet, writer and inspirational thinker, he wanted more than a loveless marriage like those of his parents. He wanted someone who could love him for himself. When he meets the beautiful widow of a long lost aristocrat , can it bring him the love he desires or a fate worse than death?