Maggie Cartwright has morals, but no good ever comes from them. Will she ever be able 'To Dream Again'?
Set in Lincolnshire, 1886, Maggie Cartwright believes she has a life with the blacksmith's son, Joe Broughton. When she finds she's carrying his child, she hopes he will do the honest thing and marry her. But Joe has troubles of his own to contend with and a life with Maggie is sadly out of the question.
Distraught, she goes to her only surviving aunt to bring up her child alone.
But, unbeknown to her, Aunt Eliza has sealed her future - she is to marry Cedric Skinner, proprietor of a thriving slaughterhouse in Butchery Street, Lincoln. Even though Maggie despises the man, she knows it's a small price to pay to hold onto her child.
But her path is fraught with danger and it is not long before she does what no mother should have to do – let her child go. Will there ever be a life for her after this? Will she ever be able to mend her broken heart and 'To Dream Again'.