Charlotte Drummond escapes from her rich yet violent father into a marriage she scarcely understands. She cannot believe that Brooke Armstrong really loves her, and is even willing to take her brothers under his care in order to please her. And when she insists on rescuing a girl and her baby from the workhouse - then more 'fallen women' and their children - even Brooke's patience is tested to the limit. It is only when tragedy strikes that she will be able to admit that she has loved him from the moment they met.