Julia Ried is only sixteen when her mother's poor health forces her to leave the sheltering comfort of her childhood home and go to work as a bookkeeper. nAnd yet, though she must live as a boarder in someone else's home, Julia is determined to make her way in the world, and make her mother proud!But a new acquaintance, the flawless graceful Mrs. Tyndall, overwhelms the impressionable young woman with her wealth and beguiling chatter. Soon Julia is drawn into a whole new life, into a world of fashionable frolics and seductive snobbery. Even tragedy and heartbreak are not enough to cut through the pride and bitterness that seem to take over Julia's young heart.nThen she make an amazing discovery: God has not given up on her—and neither had the man he has chosen for her to marry.