Nigella Ranun is a morgue attendant at Cook County Hospital.  She is intelligent and pretty yet very shy.  Her loneliness is relieved by the arrival of a corpse brought into the morgue who, except for the inert condition of his heart, is physically the man of Nigella’s dreams.  His ghost pursues Nigella with an ardent passion and his spirit is nourished by her surrender.  As their romance evolves, however, Nigella discovers an evil aspect to her spectral suitor.  It is then that a long-forgotten childhood friend reemerges in her life, offering the possibility of redemption and a chance at true love.