Upon her beloved father's death, enchanting Zenobia Chade found herslef penniless- and helpless prey to her immortal stepmother. The lovely innocent had no choice but to run away... Zenobia found shelter as a secretary to the worldly and exceedingly handsome Earl of Ocknedon. Then a dreadful mystery loomed out of the distant past. Could megnetic Peer who had won Zenobia's heart be a cruel, cold-blooded killer?

In 17th century England an English aristocrat (Hugh Grant) is forced to become a highwayman and falls in love with a young girl (Emma Samms) he has sworn to protect after her brother is beheaded by Cromwell. He not only saves her from a brutal husband, but helps her at the court of Charles II.