She is a ruined innocent. He's a selfish rogue.

They could never be together. Not with her black reputation.

When her parents perish, a grieving Katrina finds her options limited.

On a journey to London for factory work, she is captured.

Katrina is sold to a brothel where her downfall begins.

She is faced with losing her innocence when her first customer arrives…

Mr. Mason Byers.

Mason finds the girl to be a hostage, so he takes mercy on her.

But nothing more, for he does not mix in the affairs of others.

Katrina is sold again…

She has been sold to a theatre group.

She is now an actress.

But actresses and courtesans share the same reputation.

On the fringes of high society, she is aware of her bleak situation.

And she soon finds herself performing in front of Mason Byers.

Things take a turn for the worse when she is accused of a crime.

She is cast out once again.

But there is one man that knows the truth of the situation -

Mason Byers.

Will he expose the truth? Or will she be destitute forever?

Could Mason ever see her for anything other than a courtesan?