Living in the Graig, in the shadow of the workhouse during the Depression, Bethan Powell has never mixed with those who live in the big houses on Pontypridd Common until one day, at the hospital where she is a trainee midwife, she meets Andrew John, a young doctor raised on London ways. Their love will have to overcome formidable prejudice, but slowly passion triumphs. Until a sinister discovery forces Bethan to choose between the pull of her heart and a deeper sense of duty to her family and home…