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Distracted by the everyday routine of raising children, being a wife, and keeping a home, Lorraine Morrissey let life pass her by. Her wake up call comes when she realizes that with their children gone, her husband Richard is rarely home, and she’s filling her solitary days with trivial tasks. A crazy idea to save her marriage leads to a summer beach vacation unlike any she’s ever taken - one that involves unknowingly buying a haunted house.

In a drunken gambling loss, Lord Markham promises his sister Lady Augusta to the Duke of Yorkton, a man of vast wealth who can pay off the family's gambling debts. Lord Howe, the Duke’s younger brother, has met Lady Augusta several times, and their attraction is mutual. He begs the Duke to forget Lady Augusta, but the Duke, a heartless rake, refuses.

The flow of life carries us along almost imperceptibly. Its current is subtle enough to be felt only occasionally, as when we celebrate a birthday or cross the street to work for the thousandth time. It can also come to mind when we notice the children around us, now into their adulthood. Denial is a beautiful thing until the day we can't ignore that the current has threatened to strand us on the shore unless we make adjustments and change course.