England, 1746. A wild land sown with the seeds of rebellion. A time when loyalty is bought dear and life sold cheap. When fifteen-year-old Alice Sinclair runs away from home she embarks on a perilous quest for acceptance in a world bound by prejudice and hypocrisy. Her journey leads her to the White Hart; a grubby inn on the border between Hampshire and Sussex where she finds employment as a barmaid. Alice is at first frightened by the rough clientele but gradually comes to accept them as friends and develops a strong bond with one of them - Will Carter - a dark and dangerous man whose...