Marjorie Wetherill had always known she was adopted; her parents, whom Marjorie loved deeply, had made no secret of it. Their death leaves Marjorie well provided for, but terribly lonely. Soon she is consumed with a desire to find the family she has never known. But how can she, when she knows nothing about them - and when Evan Brower, her handsome, wealthy neighbor, seems determined to make her forget about them entirely?