In the Sarthe region of France, during a horrendous storm, a young woman had been dumped, battered and bruised, on a farmhouse doorstep. Her past and her identity are a complete mystery. Did any one wish her harm? Why had no one searched for her? Where was her family?

Five years on Marie-Anne can only remember the time she has spent with the Dubuis family. She loves a local farmer and her lack of official papers threatens to deprive her of the longed for status and security he can offer. Desperately and urgently she seeks answers to her many questions. But what will such searches reveal? What will the truth bring with it?

Meantime, in England, another woman has also found the man of her dreams and a new family...

Each character is happily making plans for their future when a photograph causes a ripple of events that enmesh all four. Will each of them eventually emerge from a tangled web of past tragedy and misunderstanding to live happily…?