Historical mystery set in New York City in 1843 is an exciting place. When the young teacher, Charlotte Edgerton, moves to the city from staid Boston, she finds the crowds on Broadway and the attractions of P.T. Barnum's new American Museum thrilling. She is young, ambitious, and in love. The future looks bright for herself and her devoted Daniel. But when first one and then another of the glamorous "sporting girls" who work in the city's famous brothels...