England, 1799: A traumatized soldier returning to a derelict inheritance. A widow with a small child and a manipulative father.

Main Matthew Southam returns from India, hoping to put the trauma of war behind him and forget his past. Instead, he finds a derelict estate and a family who want he’d died overseas.

Charlotte MacKinnon married without love to prevent her father’s unpleasant selection of spouse. Right now a widow with a young kid, she lives in a small Cotswold town with only the money she earns by her writing.

Matthew is haunted by his former, and Charlotte is fearful of her father’s renewed meddling in her potential. After a devastating first conference, can they help each other find happiness?