In the midst of the Irish Potato Famine, Maggie O’Shaughnessy has lost everything: her doting parents, her loving siblings, their comfortable position as the family of the land agent for the local landlord, and the man she loved. She herself is starving to death in a workhouse when she is offered a strange form of salvation. A mysterious aristocrat named Lady Catherine offers her freedom and a fresh start in exchange for Maggie pretending to be her late daughter Wilhelmina for a few months. Lady Catherine needs to trick the solicitors into believing her daughter is still alive to protect her ownership of her estate in the remote Burrens on Ireland’s West Coast, and Maggie has a passing resemblance to Wilhelmina and a refined manner thanks to her former position as a lady’s maid. Maggie accepts Lady Catherine’s offer and soon finds herself in a seemingly haunted house. Complications ensue.
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