'If a man does not have honour, he has nothing,' Edward Loveday declares, but the honour of the Loveday family faces its most serious challenge yet. Japhet Loveday has been tried and convicted of highway robbery. His wife, Gwen, is determined to clear his name, but will she be able to save him from the gallows? Meanwhile Edward's illegitimate daughter, Tamasine, has fallen in love with Rupert Charlton - but when the truth of her parentage is revealed, it causes a vendetta between the two families that threatens to destroy their relationship. Will loyalty and honour eventually triumph? And at what cost to the family's happiness and future?