Can a working-class girl adapt to her changed fortunes and find fulfilment? Paisley Scotland 1810. When Rowena and Neil Lindsay’s mother tragically dies in a boating accident her father - devastated by his wife’s death - is unable to care for them. When their father’s wealthy employer Fergus Bain and his wife Sarah - a childless couple - take them in Neil is happy to enjoy his newfound good fortune whilst strong-willed Rowena longs for their old life misses their father and resists Sarah’s attempts to spoil her. Kerr Fraser an employee at Fergus Bains thread mill is the young man who saved Rowena and Neil from drowning. The son of a disgraced town councillor Kerr and his family have fallen on hard times since his father’s suicide; however Kerr is determined to prove his worth. Wanting the best for Rowena Fergus and Sarah dream of a society wedding for Rowena to a wealthy man. But Rowena wants to marry for love rather than advance her social position and work like the other women she knows in Paisley. Rowena has long admired Kerr and realises that she has grown to love him but will past secrets and current rivalries stand in the way of their happiness?
