The truth could cost her everything.... Olivia Mott didn't intend to lie. Somehow, it just happened. And wasn't it all Lady Charlotte's fault anyway? Now Olivia's position as assistant chef at Pullman's elegant Hotel Florence is dependant upon her keeping her secrets. And sometimes lies have a way of leading to other lies. Should Olivia admit her real past and accept the consequences or keep quiet in order to preserve her comfortable new circumstances?...

Olivia Mott becomes torn between her loyalty to Pullman Car Works and love for Fred DeVault, who is the union's delegate, and when Lady Charlotte Spencer returns to Chicago with her son, Chicago Herald reporter Matthew Clayborn shows interest, causing Charlotte to wonder about his motivations.