The novel is a spellbinding story of love, loyalty, and family ties that follows Romy, a young woman who, at 19, still remembers the injustice of her family’s violent eviction from their isolated tenant farm, Middlemere, years earlier. Determined to restore her family’s fortunes and provide a better life for her mother and brother, she schemes to recover what she believes is rightfully theirs. A chance encounter with the owner of a London hotel changes her life forever as she navigates her quest for justice and forgiveness.