When the aristocratic Farrington family advertised for a cook-housekeeper they didn't expect an applicant as young, pretty and efficient as Helen Maye. She becomes intrigued by her new employers, especially their half-brother Johnny, who has been a stranger to his home for so long. When Helen first saw Johnny Farrington, she gasped. What was he doing, sitting there in the kitchen of his family's mansion at two in the morning - after he left home six years ago over a scandal at Oxford. But black sheep or not, beautiful Helen found herself falling in love with him, and love was thee last thing she expected when she acepted the post of cook-housekeeper for the Farringtons. Helen and Johnny begin to meet in secret, sharing the sweet moments only young lovers can know. But suddenly Mrs. Farrington's jewels are stolen, Johnny's presence is discovered, and he stands accused before his family. While suspicion and darkest doubt whirl arround Johnny, Helen never wavers - for sometimes only the truest love can know the truth.