A talented, passionate artist spends her days at the Cornish white cliffs, yearning to recreate nature's beauty on her humble canvas, until the Earl of Longueville threaten to remove the lady from his estate. Despite the gossip surrounding the Earl's tragic past, she gives him the benefit of the doubt, and when he asks her to paint his portrait, she is aghast. The scandalous proposition demands hours of close intimacy, staring into each other's eyes, and feeling the fire of secret passions within their hearts.