When Gaynor’s God-fearing father drives her childhood sweetheart away, she’s certain she will never love again, until a young German helps her to forget her sorrows. Then war is declared, and he must return home, leaving Gaynor heartbroken once more. When her parents discover she’s pregnant and insist she cannot keep the child, she runs away to Cardiff, only to find herself penniless and alone in a strange city. She is forced to give birth in a workhouse, but shortly afterwards is taken in by a friendly Spanish family who care for her and little Sara. She quickly falls for the charms of the eldest son, thinking she has finally found love and a chance of happiness at last - until a telegraph arrives to shatter her dreams.