A young woman hides from whom she is to escape the issues of her life, hiding her identity as long as she can to start fresh and feel freedom from her status and what is known to be proper. She meets new people along the way and learns how hard life can be in the world outside of her protection, remembering the advice of her parents and hearing the voice of her mother like an angel in her dreams. Soon an old hopeful suitor finds her and threatens her world as he tries to destroy everything she holds dear. She meets the man she has quietly fallen in love with, and he finds out who she really is.