When fifteen-year-old Lily Hayes loses her mother, she is forced to leave London to live with her estranged father in the wilds of Dartmoor. Accustomed to city life, Lily is unprepared for the hardships of living in a remote, primitive cottage, and her newly found father takes a little getting used to. As Sidney's gruff manner thaws, Lily learns some of the devastating secrets of her family's past. Though Lily's life has taken a turn for the worse, she is grateful for the friendship of the charming Edwin Franfield, but when tragedy strikes, a stranger with troubles of his own becomes her surprising saviour.