Winona Talbot, a modern-day doctor, is stunned to wake up in the body of a woman from the past who shares her name. After disrupting her ex-fiancé’s wedding, she unexpectedly wins favor with her in-laws by saving her stepson, Joseph Scott, subtly shifting their perception of her. Determined to change, Winona discovers her weight gain is caused by poison. She ventures into the mountains, finds a rare herb for treatment, and earns her first income.