Bristol, England in the 1830s is not the place for two young girls in love. Ann helps Issy through the tragic loss of her father until a disastrous set of circumstances leads to the lovers being sent to the colony of Australia as convicts, where they have a fight on their hands to stay together. The girls battle an evil they thought they'd left behind, desperately trying to hold onto a love forged years before on the other side of the world.