Harriet's cruel husband has left her nothing but a printing business in London's tough East End and a baby daughter she cannot love. Kindly Matthew Craig, Harriet's new husband, takes over the business. But Sara, her unwanted daughter, grows up knowing something important is missing from her life. Spurned first by her mother and then by the stepfather she yearns to love, Sara creates an armour against the world so that no one can ever cause her such unhappiness again. She believes she has no need for romance: she will carve out her career for herself as a businesswoman, not a wife. The she meets Jonathan...