Plucky Lucy Linden is the mainstay of her family, selling firewood & toffee apples on the streets of Liverpool to support her widowed mother & little brother. Her uncanny ability to be in the right place at the wrong time gets her noticed by uptight, young police constable Rob Jones, who decides to keep a watchful eye over her
- much to her annoyance.
But when Lucy's uncle returns from the Great War with a tendency to lash out, her attitude towards Rob changes forever. For while she must appear to be strong for her family's sake, Rob turn's out to be someone she can trust with her innermost secrets & fears. But there's one secret she can't quite bring herself to tell him...