If Emily hadnt gone to Annie Richmonds party, she would never have met the impossibly irresistible Rory Balniel; would never have married him and been carried off to the wild Scottish island of Irasa to live in his ancestral home along with his eccentric mother, Coco, and the dog, Walter Scott.

Shed never have met the wild and mysterious Marina, a wraith from Rorys past, nor her brother, the disagreeable Finn Maclean; never have spent a night in a haunted highland castle, or been caught stealing roses in a see-through nightie...

Yes, it all started at Annie Richmonds party.