When Kate Boswell's parents suddenly divorce, her world seems to have crumbled before her very eyes. Seeking refuge in her French lover, she becomes pregnant and then abandoned.

 

But when a dream opportunity leads John Bencheley to London, he is surprised to observe the once happy, carefree beauty now troubled and despondent. Compelled to help her to a position as soprano in spite of what society must think of him, he seeks her out only to discover that she has vanished.

 

Where will she go in her flight from prying eyes? What would that young man think of her if he knew anything more? Will her family understand the heartfelt pain she is suffering?