The year was 1882, and it became the year of the most significant events in Giselle's life. She had celebrated her eighteenth birthday and mourned the loss of her mother. She had also been the person in her town who discovered that a well-respected business owner who was held in high esteem by all was actually a thief and an unscrupulous human being. She vowed to herself and her dearly departed mother to return all the recovered items to the families of their rightful owners. During this arduous venture, she meets a man who comes to claim some of his mother's items. He steals her heart while courting her through love letters. Even though she suffers through lies, betrayal, and the loss of her virginity, she ends up finding the love of her life.