When Elda Elwood goes on a visit to her actor lover Jake Reynolds' ancestral home, she is drawn by a portrait of his ancestor, eighteenth century rake Lord Lucas Lovegrove.
She learns the tragic story behind the viscount's marriage to the innocent young heiress Rose Ashworth.
Elda senses that the portrait has strange powers, and that the house is haunted by Lovegrove's predatory and sexual ghost...
And what is the secret of the sinister pagoda in the grounds?