For Alice Carr, a girl from the small Cornish mining settlement of Trevin, life is not a game or a series of pleasures, but a heavy burden of worries. Here everyone lives by hard work, entertainment is frowned upon, neighbors watch every step, and a young lady who allows herself to smile once again at a visiting Englishman will be called a harlot before she has time to understand what sin she has committed. However, a brave heart beats in Alice’s chest. She boldly challenges those around her and gives her love to the mysterious “stranger” Simon Addison-Shaw, a man who wants to change not only her life, but the life of all Trevin...