Constance hated her life as a lady's companion to old Lady Graves, but she had nowhere else to go. When Lady Graves died unexpectedly, Constance had to begin a job in a seamstress's shop, where she was happy for the first time in her life. The only ripple in her calm world was Lord Charles, the local Earl, who swept into her life and tried to sweep her off her feet. She refused to be his mistress, though, so they found themselves at an impasse, for he didn't feel that he should marry so far beneath him. When Constance goes to work as a nurse for Lady Lily, she worries about being in constant contact with Lord Charles, because the two are siblings. Will she be able to get past her feelings for him to work happily? Or will she spend the rest of her life pining for a man who is well out of her reach?