During a trip to a nearby village to visit friends, Sir Ashleigh Carruthers, the adventurous and eligible son of a country squire, attends an evening service in the small local church. There, he finds himself seated next to the alluring and hypnotically beautiful Woman in Black. When the vicar falls ashen and collapses mid-sermon after looking upon her face—and when he, himself, becomes sick—Carruthers is left to wonder and then investigate: Who is this mysterious woman, and why does she cause mad passion, illness, and fear in her wake? Is she afflicted with the curse of the vampire?
