Plot summary

A young couple's stormy romance scandalizes English society in this acclaimed adaption of Jane Austen's classic love story. Anne and Wentworth are the star crossed lovers whose passion is thwarted by a scheming socialite. Eight years later, when Anne is considered an old maid and her once-rich family is in the verge of bankruptcy, Wentworth returns. Will there second chance at love be ruined by the social conventions that destroyed it once? Or will the heart be persuaded by rules of its own?