Molly Gibson is a small-town girl in England during the 1830s, kind-hearted but unwise in the ways of the world.
But her father has remarried in her absence, and in addition to a selfish and ambitious stepmother, Molly has acquired a stepsister who quickly becomes a rival for the younger Hamley\'s af.
Her widower father sends her to stay with the aristocrats of Hamley Hall, where she befriends both of the family\'s sons, learning the elder\'s dark secret while falling in love with the younger.
Molly Gibson is a small-town girl in England during the 1830s, kind-hearted but unwise in the ways of the world