- Elizabeth Cooper, found guilty as a thief, is sentenced to hang and thrown into prison. She shares her gloomy cell with gentle Gilly Stevens and finds strength and comfort in their growing intimacy. In 2008, Jen is a costumed tour guide at the same prison. Two women, Elizabeth and Jen, separated by two hundred years, but inescapably connected. Will the echoes of the past be enough to save Jen as she begins to discover her truth?