Charity Shenfield's life in her cousin Jonas's household was humiliating and oppressive, but her spirit was unbroken - for her love for Sir Darrell Conyngton filled her life...But her treacherous guardian, Jonas, determined to divide them by marrying Charity to his hated servant, Stotewood-and to destroy Darrell and his estate. In Darrell's Royalist conspiracy he discovered the means, and the two lovers found themselves in deadly peril that could lead to death...