Two girls – one street. Two families across a social divide. As a child, Josie Ford, fiery and ambitious, sees from a distance the affluent lifestyle of young Georgina Hawkins, and is filled with envy. But Georgina is lonely, and longs to experience the warmth of working-class family life. Beneath the shadow of Georgina’s father, the domineering William Hawkins, the two girls meet in secret. From this forbidden friendship grows a bond so strong nothing can break it. And then the men enter their lives. Josie falls unwillingly in love with Nick. For as a market trader, surely he can’t offer her the lifestyle she now craves? Georgina, an incurable romantic, falls in love with the first man she meets . . . but the mysterious Dominic breaks her heart. And now both girls need their friendship as never before.