Sixteen year old Greg Cox reluctantly joins his father in a small rural village in Saskatchewan. There his life becomes entwined with fourteen year old Seth Patterson. As he is slowly drawn closer to Seth he struggles with the memories and guilt associated with the loss of his mother, brother and sister while coming to terms with his promiscuity.
Lord Ballentyne's fourteen-year-old son, Graham, is ripe for it and is not receiving parental attention. When they take a house in the Vienna Woods in 1870, Graham seeks, but does not receive, attention from his tutor, Peter. He, however, finds a band of randy gypsy men to help him.
After her husband's untimely death, Charlene Baker, mother of three teenagers, is informed by her attorney that she and the children will receive no inheritance. Everything will go to her husband's brother that she hates and despises. Charlene is forced to submit to his demands. Her and her two teenage daughters become family pawns along with other events that take place in their lives.