The Jalna saga continues with the Whiteoaks hiring a tutor for Phillip's two young children. Mary Wakefield is inexperienced but quickly adapts to her two wards. Mary quickly falls in love with Jalna and Canada and with Phillip. Family, staff, and neighbors conspire to get Mary away from Jalna and Phillip. The two men in Mary's life learn of the underhanded plots and search for her to set things straight.