After the death of her mother Mollie Barnes is sent to live in her aunt & uncles house & forced to endure her aunts simmering resentment. One day the tension explodes leading to a shocking revelation about Mollies parentage. Every day Mollie had been working by the shore under the shadow of a large & imposing house. Now she knows that the master of the house James Grainger is her real father she vows that one day she will sit at his table. But her dreams of finding acceptance are shattered as she finds herself the unwilling object of her half-brothers affections.. .