Paris, 1941: Gazing out at the glittering skyline, Evelina clutches the letter from her love in shaking hands. 'I know I do not deserve you my darling, but I pray you will wait for me. You have my heart, and I hope that nothing will keep us apart...' London, present day. Blake gazes down at a scrap of shimmering silver velvet attached to a faded dress design, tracing the details with wonder. They were left at Hope's House, a home for unmarried mothers where her grandmother was born and then adopted. Now her beloved grandmother has passed, the beautiful fabric and the signature are the only clues she has about her biological family. Will she be able to unravel the decades-old family secret? Blake can't get the intricate drawing, and the ways it could relate to her family, out of her head. Armed with a plane ticket, a Paris address and the details of a handsome fashion curator named Henri, Blake is determined to find out the truth about her talented great-grandmother Evelina's life.