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After a serious bicycle accident, a young woman finds herself recovering in the home of the wealthy baronet who saved her life. She quickly becomes infatuated with her kind rescuer, but her admiration is complicated by his engagement to the beautiful but superficial Lady Sarah. Observing a secret flirtation between Lady Sarah and the baronet's handsome ward, Jack Rotherfield, her unease grows. On the night of the butler's murder, she witnesses a mysterious struggle before fleeing the house, carrying a dark secret.
A decade later, she returns to the Mill House as a companion to the baronet's invalid son, completely unrecognized by her former rescuer. She discovers an unhappy marriage and realizes the old mysteries remain unsolved. When a shocking clue links Jack Rotherfield to the murder, she is drawn back into a dangerous web of deception, theft, and simmering passions, determined to protect the man she still respects and finally uncover the truth.