Annie Swinburn had killed Francis Morton and the killing was timely and well-deserved, for Morton had been evil in every possible way. Annie knew that, however justified her crime, only the rope awaited her if she remained in the slums of Hull, so she ran up river to a new and unfamiliar territory. Her first refuge was with Toby Linton, a well-born smuggler, and Annie led a double life roaming the remote countryside of the Wolds. It was this new existence which led her, once more, into allowing herself to love...