Louise Endor is just seventeen when she discovers she is pregnant and alone. The father, a married man with two other children, has no intention of leaving his wife. But despite the disgrace imposed by the rigid social morally, Louise is determined to keep her son Paul, and to work towards a better life for him. Disowned by her father, she goes to work on a farm in Sussex. The location is idyllic, the work hard but enjoyable, and her relationship with her new employer, Howis Windlesham, gets off to a flying start. There is only one serious drawback: Louise has had to leave Paul with foster parents, and visiting him at weekends is breaking her heart. She must find a way for them to be together soon. Can she turn to Howis for help, or does she risk losing everything she has worked so hard to achieve? An affair with a wrong man broke her heart before, surely she can't make the same mistake twice?