Can a great love survive to transcend time?It is 1806, and in her home, Ashbourne Manor, a woman opens a letter warning her of the terrible fate awaiting her and her unborn child. By nightfall both are dead in the rubble of a burnt out tower.In present day London, talented artist Karen Courtney is overwhelmed by a feeling of familiarity with the man portrayed in a Georgian miniature. Driven to know more, her search leads her to Ashbourne Manor, to the tower, where an accident thrusts her spirit back in time and into the body of another woman - the beautiful and scandalous Regency socialite, Lady Caroline.Appalled by the transition and grieving for her child left behind, Karen finds she must adapt to a past era, although constantly seeking a way back to her own time. Her 'husband's' angry disillusionment with the woman he believes to be Caroline is fed by Karen's incredible story. And someone is trying to kill her.