The illegitimate daughter of a scullery maid, Lily Baines has been brought up by the Westfalls - not quite family, not quite a servant, not quite sure of where she belongs. When she meets the handsome Jude Mitchell, she finds a most alarming attraction flaring within her. Jude, though, is visiting Westfall Manor with a view to courting Prudence, the daughter of the house, and Lily will not endanger her friend's marriage prospects. But he's taken rather a shine to Lily...
