England, 1932: Grace Hamblin is growing up on the beautiful estate of the Marquess and Marchioness of Penselwood. The beekeepers daughter, she knows her place and what the future holdsthat is until her father dies. Her childhood friend Freddie has recently become her lover, and she is thankful when they are able to marry and take over her fathers duties. But there is another man who she just cant shake from her thoughts