After the death of the kindly old Earl of Yardecombe, Oscar the brashand pleasure-seeking new Earl seems to care little for the people ofthe Parish ? let alone for the plight of young Dorina Stanfield, herwidowed father and their impoverished family at the rundown Vicarage. Dorina? s opinion of this raffish gentleman is lower still when she hears of lewd goings-on with his flamboyant friends at the ? Big House?. Confronting his Lordship, Dorina is stunned to find himchastened by her accusations. Nevertheless, she isunconvinced. Everything changes, though, when Dorina overhears the Earl? s wicked heir presumptive? s Satanic incantations, summoning the Devil to murder his Lordship. Suddenly what she thought was hatred for Oscar turns into a Divine and eternal love that swiftly conquersthe perpetrator of this devilry ? but will the elusive Earl ever feelthe same about her?
