Has Queen Victoria a secret? Chance sends Madeleine from court to the mysterious house on the banks of the Severn. Working for Gideon Schofield she still cannot escape the haunting magnetism that draws her into danger and fear. There is bad history here. What's the story of that sinister, sunken ship paddle- steamer out in the bay? Who are these ghosts who walk at night and taunt her by day? Determined to resolve this, soon Madeleine finds even greed and murder threatening her, the evil Josh Berrick is out to kill She is in his way. And the man she has grown to love? Can she even trust him?