Cock Shield Farm 1881. After Molly Geary finds herself pregnant with landowner Angus McBain's child she is left distraught and ruined. Dishonoured by being the secret mistress of McBain she must find an alternative suitor to save her reputation or else the threat of being discarded looms. McBain devises a plan to claim his employee Davie Armstrong as the father to Molly's child. Leaving the pair forced to marry the issue appears resolved. But with secrecy comes consequences and young Molly realises she is tied in a web of lies beyond what she could imagine. . .