Where the Lilies Bloom is the story of the Luther family who, following the death of family patriarch Roy, are left orphaned. The second-eldest daughter, Mary Call, is left to care for her siblings and protect the secret of her father's death so that the family will not be broken up. Mary Call struggles with her sudden responsibilities and with the pressures of outside interests and her own passion for writing. In the end she is able to keep her family together with the aid of a sympathetic landlord.