When the London journalist Angela Blackwell is asked by her boss Bill Harolds to write an exclusive story about an aristocratic bachelor called Alistair Bloodworth, she seizes the opportunity, leaving her black cat Mr Bean behind in London, and travels to Alistair Bloodworth’s estate near the town of Darkmoon. From the beginning, she is fascinated by Alistair; she is also smitten by his brown eyes and Armani fragrance. However, it soon becomes apparent that things are not as they should be at Darkmoon Castle. In dreams and visions, Angela is haunted by two figures: the ghost of Kathleen Montgomery, William Bloodworth’s erstwhile lover, and the creepy Roderick. As a half-decayed corpse, the latter is at work at the castle, which Alistair has inherited from his ancestors Sir Anthony and James Bloodworth. Angela slowly gets wise to her fate as she even recognises the striking resemblance between herself and Kathleen: They both have pale-blue eyes and blonde hair. They also like to wear dark-blue dresses. Mrs Agatha Lumley, an old lady in Darkmoor, and Peter Carter, the local police constable, come to the journalist’s aid; she enchanted the young aristocrat with her Chanel perfume long ago.