The night after another unsatisfactory New Year's party, Tim's father tells his son that the men in his family have always had the ability to travel through time. They can't change history, but they can change what happens and has happened in their own lives. Thus begins the start of a lesson in learning to appreciate life itself as it is, as it comes, and most importantly, the people living alongside us.

A story of love and life among the landed English gentry during the Georgian era. Mr. Bennet is a gentleman living in Hertfordshire with his overbearing wife and five daughters, but if he dies their house will be inherited by a distant cousin whom they have never met, so the family's future happiness and security is dependent on the daughters making good marriages.

根据莎拉·沃特斯同名小说《Fingersmith》改编而成。 在伦敦郊区的一个大庄园内，居住着李先生和他的外甥女莫德（Elaine Cassidy饰），李先生性格乖戾，驱使莫德终日在图书室里整理和朗读藏书。可怜的姑娘从小到大都未踏出过庄园一步，过着暗无天日的生活。 某日，一位陌生人的闯入给莫德干涸已久的心灵带来生机，他就是来教莫德画画的瑞弗士（Rupert Evans饰），可天知道，瑞弗士的真实身份竟然是一个贼，他听说莫德有4万英镑的嫁奁，便想出骗婚这条生财之道。 为了确保成功，瑞弗士又找来盗窃团伙里的苏（Sally Hawkins饰）打下手，经过安排，苏成为莫德的贴身女仆。在一步步精心策划下，事情如瑞弗士所期望的方向发展，他不知道的是，莫德和苏之间竟产生了真挚的爱情。苏越来越内疚自责，看到莫德即将被送入疯人院，苏心碎欲绝。 可事情很快急转直下，原来一切都非苏想像的那般简单，十几年前就开始精心酿造的大阴谋在等待所有的人，一个晴天霹雳般的真相已呼之欲出。