Kerry Kavanaugh is a beautiful child asked to be adult, not even of age, with a spoiled childlike mother who makes terrible decisions upon the death of Kerry's father. Forced to flee with her father's manuscript, a determined Kerry sails for New York to meet with her father's publishers but is faced with a new challenge when a page of notes goes missing. Someone is out to steal the manuscript! But with a ship full of strangers, who can't she suspect? Then she meets Graham Mc Nair, who claims that he knew Kerry's dad years ago. Could this be the man of Kerry's dreams, or should she be suspicious of him since things are suspicious about her dad's book? Unsure whom to trust, our heroine faces adversity with a great deal of courage and faith. Classic Grace Livingston Hill.