Affairs at Ashmore Castle

The story of the Stainton family at Ashmore Castle continues. Giles, the new Earl of Stainton, has made a wealthy marriage and works hard to restore the estate to its former glory. His wife Kitty fears her domineering mother-in-law and anxiously awaits the birth of her child. She hopes for a boy to help her break free from her mother-in-law’s control. Giles’s younger sister, Rachel, is about to make her debut in society, and her mother pulls out all the stops to secure her a wealthy and noble suitor. Meanwhile, sister Alice experiences her first romantic but socially unacceptable love, and tension rises downstairs among the servants, made worse by the mysterious disappearance of the butler. In a castle rife with ambition, jealousy and revenge, tragedy looms…