Oxfordshire, 1919 The instant that Lily Brown and Robert Linford set eyes on each other, they fall in love. The instant that Robert's father, Joseph, head of the family's successful building company, sets eyes on Lily, he feels a deep distrust of her. Convinced that his new daughter-in-law is a gold-digger, who trapped his son into marriage, and that Robert's feelings are a youthful infatuation that he'd come to regret, Joseph resolves to do whatever it takes to rid his family of Lily, and he doesn't care what that is. As Robert and Lily are torn apart, the Linford family is told a lie that will have devastating consequences for years to come.