1830. After a violent storm, a woman is found alone, naked and near death, on the Northumberland moors. She has no memory of who she is or how she got there. But she can remember how to help a woman in labour and how to expertly dress a wound, and can speak fluent French. With the odds against her, a penniless single woman, she starts to build her life from scratch, using her skills to help other women around her. She finds a happy place in the world....

Its a warm early summers evening when Mias doorbell rings. She opens the door to see a teenage girl standing in the shadow beyond the porch lightand in an instant she knows who it is. Daisy, the daughter she gave up as a baby. Daisy steps forward, as she says tearfully "Im sorry I didnt call first. But something happened. And I really needed you." Seventeen years before, knowing she couldnt...