A woman gives birth in a dingy upstairs room. Her baby is bought illegally by a wealthy couple. Thirty-five years later, Dominic Walker, a teacher, is arrested for murder - but his story is too fantastic for the police to believe...
Born to a mother who doesn't want her, living in a world that doesn't understand her, fuelled by anger and hatred, Caroline dreams of a different life.To survive the one she's been given, she channels that anger and hatred, and behind her fragile, beautiful exterior hides a woman who will do anything to get what she wants.
Where is little Cassie Walker? Laura Walker is truly content. With her husband Dominic, she is celebrating their daughter Cassie's seventh birthday, with no idea that the dark past is about to reappear in the most cruel and dramatic fashion.