Angela, desperate to save her family from poverty, concocts a plan to seduce and marry Sir Fabian Ormerod, extorting money from him. At the opera, she cleverly engineers a meeting, and everything seems to go according to plan until she becomes pregnant. Convincing Sir Fabian the child is his, they marry, but tension arises with his unbalanced daughter, Honesty. As the stakes escalate, Angela receives anonymous letters threatening to expose her past, and the family's secrets come to a head when their newborn son, Harry, is kidnapped.
The Beggar Bride
A desperate young woman turns to a wealthy suitor in a bid to ensure her financial stability, but her decision sets off a chain of events that threatens to upend her life.