Two women, bound by a child, and a secret that will change everything...
London, 1754. Six years after leaving her illegitimate daughter, Clara, at London's foundling Hospital, Bess Bright returns to reclaim the child she has never known. Dreading the worst, that Clara has died in care, Bess is astonished when she is told she has already claimed her. Her life is turned upside down as she tries to find out who has taken her little girl - and why.