When her beloved mistress dies lady's maid Phoebe Parsons is forced onto the poverty-ridden streets of Manchester. Desperately searching for a new position she finds herself living with thieves and drunks in the smog and squalor of the city - until she meets Victor Hayes. A police officer removed from duty and shamed by a cruel lie Victor is a kind face among the threats of living in the slums. Can they make a new life from the wreckage?
