A tale of love, loss and discovery in the Edwardian era - London 1902. Annabel Seaton is hardly surprised when Thomas Grant - the most eligible young man in London - proposes marriage, but she is delighted. What shocks her, however, is her parents' unaccountable disapproval. Then tragedy strikes, and Annabel learns of the shocking secret they have kept from her. Her world turned upside down, she journeys to Durham...