Now, Sean inherited a mansion. A huge, unused-for-years, taxed mansion with nothing much in it but dust and random left over cleaning supplies. Virginia inherits a lot of jewelry and money. She is obviously better off, but she's supremely jealous of Sean. Ginny, a romantic sort of girl, thought it would be grand to live in a mansion. Quite angry, she refuses to speak to Sean and decides she hates him.

While Ginny's off being ridiculous about the whole affair, Sean shows his friend Sarah the mansion he inherited. He confides in her that he wishes to sell it because he dislikes having to pay the taxes on it, but Sarah, more romantic than Ginny, is appalled by the idea. However, Sean doesn't want to live there since it's such a big place and there's just him to live there. Sarah suggests that he turns it into a hotel.

Now, as they both know, the mansion had indeed already been a hotel at one point. It was built to be one, went bankrupt due to a certain scandal involving a theft, was purchased by a couple who lived in it until it was sold again to the Grant family- Rosemary's family, you see. Grant's her maiden name. She lived in it, was scared to death by it, and when she married refused to live in it any longer. But she didn't sell it. Instead, when she died, she gave it to Sean, as you well know.

So, with Sarah's prodding, Sean indeed turns the old mansion back into a hotel. However, brining back the hotel brings up that aforementioned scandal involving that aforementioned theft. A secret held in the walls of the hotel, so to speak. One guest, a Mr. Jack Doyle, wishes to find out that secret.

Is Jack friend or foe? Who was responsible for the scandal in the first place? There are other questions I'd ask here, but they'd throw too much important bits of plot at you and you'd know things you're supposed to be searching for. So, um, yeah. The next couple of books will be better, I promise.