Dublin, Ireland, 1880.

Tired of treating rich hypochondriacs, Dr Will Fitzgerald left his father ’s medical practice and his home on Merrion Square to live and practise medicine in the Liberties . His parents were appalled and his fiancée broke off their engagement. But when Will spends a night in a brothel on the eve of his best friend ’s wedding, little does he know that the scarred and disgraced young woman he meets there will alter the course of his life.