Joanna Blake yearns to live in the present but a time slip keeps her anchored in the past. When she leaves her house, she's transported to the Edwardian Age. She must trust a perfect stranger, the new doctor in town, with her secret to find the reason for this curse.Dr. Will Thomas has sworn vengeance against the Blake family who swindled his grandfather, Captain William Thomas, out of a fortune and condemned three generations of his family to poverty. When Joanna confides in Will, he is torn between duty and desire. He's attracted to the lonely spinster but he has promised his family to right a terrible injustice.Will convinces Joanna to take him to the past that keeps her captive. When she discovers why he wants to time travel, she feels betrayed. Only working together can they find out what really happened so long ago so both of them can return to live and love in the modern world.
