Straw in the wind

1835, England. Serafina Finn is conceived as the result of a love affair between a sea captain and a married woman, who dies while giving birth. Abandoned to an orphanage, Serafina grows up never quite knowing who she is. Eighteen years after her birth, and having heard rumours that his lost daughter is alive, her father instigates a search. He hires a detective, Adam Chapman, to track Serafina down ...