Jenni Goodenough's mother apprentices Jenni to a dressmaker, determined her daughter will not suffer the way she has done, dependent on a loveless marriage. Soon a terrible tragedy engulfs the family, forcing Jenni to live with Blodwen Thomas, her mother's relative. Dour, cantankerous and strait-laced, Blodwen has no affection to offer Jenni as she strugles to become an indentured dressmaker. The shame of scandal still clings to her and when a second tragedy strikes, Jenni makes her way to Swansea to start a new life. But must she always live in fear of her secret, shameful past being discovered ...?