The widow of a soldier, Lady Victoria March travels to England to meet her late husband's relations for the first time. She's astonished by her reception. Suspicion and insults abound.

Lord Damion March thinks she trapped his cousin into marriage. Sir Aubrey assumes she is a gold-digger. Mrs. Giddings sees her as a rival for Lord March's rakish attentions. She'd like to quit the place at once!

However, Lady Victoria March cannot leave. She's on a mission that has everything to do with family and the things that bind them together.