What Meg Smiles lacks in wealth she more than makes up for in audacity and determination both quickly harnessed when Jean-Marc Count Etranger and his sister take up residence next door Now gainfully employed as companion to the counts madcap sister Meg discovers it is not her charge who occupies her thoughts but the older brother When Meg becomes the victim of a series of strange accidents Jean-Marc vows to ensure her safety even if it means keeping her close to him day and night