Can Harriet find love when all the odds are stacked against her?Harriet's marriage to Godfrey disintegrates when Godfrey's former girlfriend arrives from Italy in 1873. Amelia is determined to break up Harriet's marriage and when Godfrey leaves with Amelia, Harriet's romantic prospects are cruelly blighted by the discovery that she is carrying Godfrey's child.

November 1907 - Hester Shaw is hidden away in a small London flat paid for by Alex, her wealthy married lover. When he persuades her to accompany his aunt on a trip to New York she meets young Charlie Barnes, who falls in love with her. This is her chance to put her shadowy past behind her and start afresh but the decision to leave Alex, a powerful senior policeman, will prove disastrous . . .