Orphaned Linda Bellwood has grown up looking wistfully through the windows of Fernwood Hall on to the lives of the glamorous Hylton, knowing theirs is a world she can never be part of. But when she is hired as a companion to the old Mrs Hylton, she becomes inextricably linked to the house and its inhabitants.

The dashing elder son Rupert keeps to himself , but Linda soon finds herself drawn in as confidante to the beautiful, spoilt daughter Cordelia as her dramas are played out. It's Florian, the youngest son whom she has the strongest connection to, however, and when their friendship blossoms into something more, she feels as if her dreams really have come true.

But Linda begins to realise that the life she thought she always wanted is not all it seems, and it will take a chance encounter with a young artist to open her eyes to the meaning of true happiness...