Born in 1332 as the daughter of a count's servant in London, England, with no mother, Lilac West must navigate the demands of servant life at court. When her father dies a few months before her sixteenth birthday and Lilac must decide her fate. Will she continue to be the servant of a sick count intent on blaming her for the black plague, accept a suitor's offer of marriage to escape her position, or will she chose a path that will lead her to discover who she truly is?