A rich and colorful historical romance - a story of love, in all its guises There is no joy or love in Helen Merlin's household. Her mother cowers to her severe and controlling father and Helen tries to follow suit. But she yearns to be loved and made to feel special. When she meets an actor on the way home from the market, Helen is swept off her feet. She soon succumbs to this handsome young man's charms but Robert Perriman is nothing but a cheating philanderer. Pregnancy and marriage follow swiftly and her disapproving father excludes her from the family home. Will Helen suffer a lifetime of drudgery as the deceitful, vicious Perriman gambles away their savings? Or will she find the love she has always searched for?