Dlya Elis Karr, devushki iz malen'kogo kornuollskogo poseleniya rudokopov Trevin, zhizn' – ne igra i ne chereda udovol'stviy, a tyazhkoye bremya zabot Zdes' vse zhivut upornym trudom, razvlecheniya osuzhdayutsya, sosedi nablyudayut za kazhdym shagom, a uzh moloduyu osobu, pozvolivshuyu sebe lishniy raz ulybnut'sya zayezzhemu anglichaninu, narekut bludnitsey ran'she, chem ta uspeyet ponyat', kakoy grekh sovershila Odnako v grudi Elis b'yetsya otvazhnoye serdtse Ona derzko brosayet vyzov okruzhayushchim i darit svoyu lyubov' zagadochnomu "chuzhaku" Saymonu Addison-Shou, muzhchine, kotoryy khochet izmenit' ne tol'ko yeye zhizn', no i zhizn' vsego Trevina…