Betsy is 18 years old when she is sold in the marketplace to farmer Daniel Forrester. Since childhood, her beauty has sparked jealousy, she is intelligent and ambitious as well as beautiful. Although Daniel does not treat Betsy like a servant as her first husband did, his jealousy is extreme when a young man comes to work on the farm. Betsy and Daniel become distant and Betsy decides to investigate the death of her father, who reputedly died when she was a baby.