Duncan MacDougall, the laird of Blackstone, was curded centuries ago to wander as a ghost within the echoing walls of his island castle and only one woman can free him. Can it be the new mistres of Blackstone, just arrived from over the sea? Duncan has heard that pretty Miss Elizabeth Pudding is no more than a cook andf she hails from a barbarous land called the Bronx. But she must learn the ways of a lady all the same and she must learn the ways of a lady all the same and she must stay at blackstone for six long months to inherit. 'Tis time enough to teach her and time enouth to woo her…