London, 1840. How could she believe in her future when she couldn't escape her past?
Vivacious young Megan Trevallyn could never have imagined what life was about to deal her. Employed as a governess in a stylish Mayfair mansion, love swept her off her feet. It came in the form of its owner, Captain Charles Cantrell, and they married in secret. Yet how could such joy and happiness turn so soon into disillusionment? Charles's sister-in-law, Cornelia, was not about to take second place as the mistress of the household. And when Megan discovered she was pregnant after Charles had left for the battlefield, the scheming Cornelia expelled Megan from the household into a world she had never known.
Forced to mix with the dregs of society, she clung to her faith in God to shield her as things got worse. Enduring heartbreak over what she believed was Charles's death in a military coup was followed by false accusations, imprisonment, and finally, transportation to a notorious penal colony. Yet her dreams of Charles were enough for doubts to linger. What had really befallen him? When she was compromised aboard the convict ship by Lieutenant John Stafford, only one thing remained. Hope.
Would this new land become a land of promise? Or a land of perdition?