By 1870 Emma Grady had spent seven years of servitude as a convict in Australia Now, having earned her ticket of leave, she lives for the day when she will return to Marlow Tanner - the man she loves - and whose tragic child she had borne and lost She cannot know that the child she has given up for dead is being lovingly raised by Marlow's sister Young Molly grows up to be an expert pickpocket, but her fierce loyalty to the woman who cares for her earns her the admiration of all Will Emma ever be reunited with Marlow? If she finds him, will he still love her? And what of the child lost to them both