Christmas 1816 was approaching. However, it did not promise either joy or celebration in the family circle for a young widow living alone and in poverty, Ellie Carmichael, whose husband committed suicide because of debts. All Ellie has is her beloved four-year-old daughter Amy, who refuses to believe in the death of her father and therefore leaves a candle on the window that she will “bring daddy home.” One terribly cold night, a stranger, a man, falls unconscious at Ellie’s doorstep without boots, memory and name. Having woken up, the man instantly charms both Ellie and her daughter. And now Ellie must protect her daughter, her honor and her heart from the stranger, because who knows what secrets he is hiding...