Meet Jane. She recently moved to Birmingham, Alabama, and now walks dogs in Thornfield Estates, a private neighborhood with shiny SUVs and bored housewives. A place where no one would notice if Jane spotted discarded trinkets or removed decorations from her wealthy clients' dressing tables. Where no one would think to ask if her real name is Jane. Her luck changes when she meets the widowed Eddie Rochester, one of the most mysterious residents of Thornfield Estates. Jane sees an opportunity in him. After all, Eddie is not only rich, thoughtful and handsome, he can offer her the protection she has always dreamed of. But as their feelings flare up, the more relentlessly she is haunted by the legend of Bea, an ambitious and successful beauty who sank to the bottom of the lake. How will she, ordinary Jane, ever live up to such demands? And can she win Eddie's heart before her past - or his - catches up with them?