Archie MacDonald is called to his ailing father's bedside, but he has walked into a trap. His father has merely a chill, and his mother has dragged Archie North on a pretext.

Archie tries to flee back to London when a visitor halts him in his tracks by a banker, comes to foreclose on a huge loan to Glenbogle. Archie calls on the help of his eccentric household. Can the Glenbogle's loyal retainers soften the heart of the implacable financier?

Justine, Archie's girlfriend and business partner from London, has arrived out of the blue to find out what Archie is up to in his Highland wilderness. But when she strays into a locked room at Glenbogle, she learns there are family ghosts here that Archie must lay to rest.

Justine has returned to London. Katrina is shocked when a visit by an old friend of Hector uncovers an ancient diary, which belonged to a former servant who recorded she once had an affair with someone called "H." Could Hector be Katrina's father? And could Katrina and Archie be brother and sister?

Archie's troublesome sister, Lizzie, turns up with her new-age boyfriend, Gerald, intent on converting Glenbogle into a healing center. Archie, searching for a supply of mineral water to bottle and sell, is staggered when the charismatic Gerald finds a spring using 'mystic' powers. But the two are soon at loggerheads.

As the new Laird of Glenbogle, Archie must take part in a traditional boat race. The MacDonalds are further disheartened when Kilwillie asserts finders-keepers privileges over an ancient ring, once a MacDonald heirloom, found on the shore of the loch.