Jimmy Doyle has a good job and great prospects, but he has never known what it feels like to have a family. But, as things around him begin to change, he wonders if he could be blessed to find love. But, having never known what it feels like to belong, will he recognise true friendship and affection when it is offered him? 
Maddy Bryant lost her parents when she was only eight years old. She has been pushed from pillar to post ever since, but finally found a stable position in the Kendall's Cambridge town house as a maid. But, her place becomes untenable when a new cook and butler are appointed. Too proud to ask her friends for help, she tries to take matters into her own hands. An unexpected find on a train changes everything, but is destiny merely taking matters into her own hands?