A violent and bitter feud raged between the Batleys and the Cadwells, who own neighbouring farms on the Northumbrian coast Into this stormy atmosphere came Linda Metcalfe, a young agricultural student Employed by Ralph Batley, Linda soon found herself in a difficult position for, not only did she unwittingly become part of the feud, but she began to feel a strange admiration for Ralph, who made it clear that he had no use for her, either on the farm or in his life Then the past erupted into the present, forcing Ralph to change his attitude to Linda and resolving the BatleyCadwell heritage of folly