The date is 1834. On his way home from work, Ethan a local farmhand, discovers a young girl lying on the road injured and unconscious and takes her to his neighbour Maggie to be cared for. When the girl awakes, they discover that she has amnesia and the mystery begins.

Soon Ethan finds himself falling in love with her but the arrival of another man, Samuel Edwards, complicates their relationship. The love triangle between Ethan, Samuel and the girl, ends in tragedy and as all the secrets come tumbling out, not all of them are revealed. Only the reader discovers all the secrets in this novel.