In response to her father's last wish, young Daphne Laurens traveled to the enchanting wine country of France to affect a reconciliation with his estranged family. But upon her arrival in Paris, she was attacked by an unseen assailant, and later, at the chateau, a series of ghastly murders makes it clear that someone, perhaps even a member of her new-found family, wanted to see her dead. She could only hope that it was not Pierre Lilliard, the distant cousin who had captured her imagination and her vulnerable heart...