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Based on a true story, Stratton Castle: Tale of Jessie Golden Heart explores the forbidden passion that transcends the social classes of 1800's Scotland, a time when the working class could not rise above their station. As Master Alfred Sinclair (Eric Roberts, The Dark Knight) of Stratton Castle lays on his deathbed, his son makes one final promise to take over the lands and find a status-appropriate wife. Unbeknownst to his father, Walter Sinclair (Andrew Shelton, Gangster Land) has already fallen in love with Jessie (Kat Fairaway, Letters from the Heart ), a beautiful and charming servant girl. As Walter and Jessie's love affair intensifies, it becomes difficult to keep their romance a secret. With Jessie under constant scrutiny of her judgmental peers and Walter running the risk of their scandal ruining the family reputation, it seems as if their world could come crashing down at any moment. As the family secrets begin to unravel, Jessie is forced into an impossible position where she must make sacrificial decisions that will ultimately threaten to destroy not only their love, but could ruin all of Stratton Castle.