Tricked into indentured servitude by false pretenses, Joy Richards finds herself working for an abusive innkeeper. She has been forced to leave behind something she's loved - training horses. Her life is so destitute, she feels God has forsaken her. Joy makes one last attempt to cry out to Him. A kind stranger steps in to take her away to heal from her past.

But what about the family she left behind?

Andrew Lloyd-Foxx abhors injustice. He is an avid abolitionist and a man of action. Returning home from anti-slavery discussions, he brings the terrified, filthy barmaid to his stud-farm in the country. His orderly, quiet life is turned upside down by her presence.