Faced with the prospect of becoming a servant in her step-brother's house after the death of her mother, Jane Evans strikes out on her own, becoming the companion of Lady Minerva McAllister, aunt of the notorious Earl of Briarcliff, rumored to be a bluebeard after the mysterious deaths of his first two wives. Though Jane, secretly the author of books lampooning London Society, intends to use the Earl as the subject of her next book, she finds herself...