The girl who lost her way

"Following her mother’s passing away, the late Colonel Boddin’s beautiful daughter, Hertha, is left alone in the world. Driven away by her married sister’s jealousy of her beauty, Hertha relies on the kindness of her late mother’s friend Lotte and her son Heinrich who is infatuated with her. But when the young Count Hohensee, who has been courting Lotte’s daughter Anna, sees her beauty, Hertha becomes torn between her need for security and her desire for something more" -- Publishers website.