Vast, crumbling and magnificent, The Court has been the Yorkshire home of the Hellyns for centuries - it is part of them, part of their lives. But when the fifteenth earl dies, his four children are shocked to find themselves suddenly penniless and saddled with debt. Theirs is an awesome
heritage - and it is one they doubt they can retain.
Mara, beautiful and sensuous, goes wildly off the rails. Men are attracted to her like bees to honey, but Mara falls for the one man she cannot have. The Hellyns may lose their home now they face family disgrace. The younger sister, Lisa, forges an unlikely alliance with an Australian millionaire in a desperate bid to keep the family solvent. It isn't enough, for her or for The Court. Marcus, the heir, has his own demons to fight, and his twin, Angus, is forced to sacrifice his hopes to shoulder his brother's burdens.
The Hellyns are drawn back again and again to The Court. Through birth and death, triumph and tragedy, it shelters its children, but only one of those children loves it enough
to save it...