Lovely Frannie Fernley, with her mother and five-year-old sister Bonnie, had just moved into a little cottage by the river. Nearby stood the fine mansion belonging to gracious old Lady Winthrop, who took an immediate interest in the young girl. One morning after Frannie had gone to work, Lady Winthrop was startled to see Bonnie come running frantically up to the mansion. Her mother had collapsed. Unable to go to Mrs. Fernley herself, the old woman called to young Valiant Willoughby, a worker in a munitions plant, whom she saw passing by. And through this, Frannie and Valiant met. But the two had to cope with the rich and sophisticated Marietta Hollister, who considered Val her own property, before they could find happiness together.

Review taken from a Grosset and Dunlap edition.