After an absence of twelve years, Dominic Sanford returns to his dilapidated estate on the borders of Pemberley. Journals have recently come into his possession that bring into question the accident that killed his parents. Could they have been murdered? Georgiana Darcy feels an immediate attraction towards her brother's engaging friend. Determined to be of service to her neighbour, Georgiana scours her own father's diaries and discovers disquieting information about illegal activities at the time of the Sanfords' demise. As Dominic and Georgiana delve deeper, they uncover a fiendish web of organised criminality fuelled by thirst for revenge against Dominic. Georgiana unwittingly plays a major role in the miscreants' plans and by involving her, Dominic has placed her directly in danger's path. Can he save the woman whom he has come to admire, and find justice for his parents...