East Devonshire 1848. Rowan Clode was eight years old when her mother died. Now she treasures the only things she has left of her - an antique mirror and a red ribbon, worn around her wrist. Rowan, her father and her younger brother remain a close knit family. But when scheming Fanny Foreshaw wins her father"s heart she forces Rowan from her home and turns those she loves against her. By a stroke of luck, Rowan finds a position as a milliner"s apprentice and even begins to fall in love but the demons from her past are set to resurface . . .