One look was enough. Amy Watkins and Tom Kelly were in love. But that one look condemned them both. "Look at Amy again and you'll go back to Ireland in a box." Amy's father is out to kill Tom.
All Tom wants is Amy and a wage that will keep them. But Tonypandy in 1911 is a dangerous place for Irish workers like Tom, who have been brough in to replace the striking miners. The miners drag them from their beds and hang them from lamp posts as a warning to those who would take their jobs.
Frightened for Amy, Tom fights to deny his heart, while Amy dreams of a future with the man she loves. But in a world of hatred, anger and violence, her dreams seem impossible until a man they believed to be their enemy offers to help. But, can they trust him with their lives?