Now alone in the world after her father's death, the last person to truly love her, Katherine West became a slave to her cruel uncle and cousins. She grew up in her uncle's home believing herself to be a nobody who was not worthy of love. That is until a stranger appears at her uncle's home as the guest of honor. Who was this man? Surely he was like her uncle if he had her uncle's admiration. However, something about him distinguished him from the rest. James Conwell doubted there were any more women in the world with the character his mother portrayed or so he thought until he journeyed out west on a business trip in his father's stead. Against his will, James became the guest of honor at a party to celebrate his father's work. James thought he could bear the party no longer until an accidental encounter with a broken-hearted servant girl. To his surprise, the servant made her way into James' heart. Could Katherine look past her filth and unworthiness and open her heart to love? Or will her uncle ruin her life forever?