Christina Henzel loves the glass her family has been making in Stourbridge, England, for generations, and when her father dies, she is determined to run the business herself. But the year is 1844 and she faces fierce opposition from her family and from Society. As Christina fights for control of the glassworks, she is also torn by her feelings for three very different men - her sophisticated cousin Jeremy, the French engraver Jean-Paul and the master glass blower and 'rough diamond' Joe Compson.