Not only has her fiancé, Weston Elliot, run away with someone else, but that someone else had been her best friend. Now living with an aunt in New York City to escape the sympathetic glances of people in her hometown, Eliza is building a new life. One without men, or social gatherings, or the least bit of danger that she will lose her heart again. But that is before she meets two young orphans who quickly steal her heart, before Weston Elliot makes a disturbing reappearance, and before Eliza finds herself fighting an attraction to another womans fiancé. Will Eliza discover a path of service that can keep her heart safe from the dangers of love, or will she find the courage to accept a surprising gift from God hidden between four pairs of little shoes and a bunch of mistakes?