Grace Abernathy travels to Canada after World War I to hopefully convince her widowed sister to come back with her to England, to bring her son to their mother. Seeing him is the sole desire of a woman who has lost two sons and, of course, does not yet know her daughter is also gone. When Grace discovers tjt the horrible Easton family has custody of Christian, she is determined to find out how they are they treating her nephew. Using an assumed name, Grace is hired as the boy’s nanny and discovers the Easton, formidable though they may be, are caring for Christian and loving him as well.