What do you decide in life, when one man is the perfect answer...but the other holds your heart? Annabella Barton is headstrong, independent and stubborn. Patience isn't one of her virtues either. After leaving Orin Langworthy at the altar, she seeks a place of refuge in St. Louis, Missouri. Annabella's Aunt Agnes welcomes her into her beautiful home on Lafayette Square. There, they live a busy life doing volunteer work at their church, City Hospital and the children's home. The three children they take into their home make life just about perfect, if not a little chaotic...until Orin...