In the mid-19th century in a mill town in Yorkshire Beth loses her mother in childbirth and is left caring for her father and two brothers but when discovering she is pregnant leaves home to live with an aunt. A tragic accident leaves her in the colourful world of the Romany Gypsies where she gives birth to her son, Joshua. She keeps his birth a secret but when many years later he is falsely accused of murder by an evil man who is obsessed with Beth and wishes revenge on her she must choose where her destiny lies and secrets must be told if she is save him from the hangman's noose. But Beth is not the only one who has secrets.