In 1902, Charlotte Evans is a wealthy, spoiled student at Galt Grammar School in Southwestern Ontario. By 1903, she is an unwed mother living and working in an Owen Sound brothel.
In the dead of night, bloodcurdling screams lead to murder. Figuring out who stabbed the local minister is the opportunity Charlotte needs to free herself from her degrading new life. But first, she has to save her best friend, a descendant of slaves, from the hangman. Will rescuing him come at the cost of her own life, and that of her baby son?