England 1330: on a remote Devonshire estate. Young and innocent Joan de Chiddeigh is struggling with her new status as Lady of the Manor.
Lonely and neglected by her ambitious husband, Sir John, she strikes up a forbidden friendship with a kitchen maid called Annie. However, Annie is hiding a terrible dark secret.
As their friendships deepens, Joan finds herself getting more and more entangled in a chain of lies that will divide her and Sir John, threaten the Chiddleigh estate and change lives forever.