As a very young girl, Doris married David Lenox, a man much older than herself. It was a love marriage, but those around him did not believe it. Some condemned Doris for hooking up with a rich husband, others condemned Dave for being flattered by a young woman. Gossip, conversations, and speculation haunted the girl even after David died. Why, a young widow, and with a decent fortune at that! And Doris withdrew into herself, hiding her experiences under a mask of secular coldness. But one day the irresistible handsome Bruce Capeshaw appeared on the threshold of her house...