Having survived the tragedy, Claire Robbins with her little daughter flees her native San Francisco to start a new life on the other side of the country in Charleston. Claire finds a job as a housekeeper living in the home of the wealthy and famous baseball player Link Thornston. She has a good reason to live in the shadows without attracting attention. Claire runs the farm exemplaryly and cooks fine. Link immediately became friends with baby Hani, Claire’s daughter. Between young people there is sympathy, which develops into a stormy romance. But the love affair between master and servant is unthinkable in patriarchal Charleston. At the insistence of his mother, Link must find a wife of noble origin. Unexpectedly, Claire's secret is revealed. Link is bewildered by her treachery...