A regency romance in three parts. Part One finds Ella, virtually penniless and homeless. A chance meeting with the postman sends her off in search of a family she did not know she had. She makes new friends and finds herself hiding an unknown gentleman who has two bullets lodged in him. Part Two rekindles an old romance and tells of a mother's cruelty to her son, which has disastrous consequences. Old gossip rears its ugly head. Part Three brings the characters from Part One and Part Two together and Ella finally finds herself a husband.