"Ellen O'Casey is as full of life and sparkle as her green eyes and auburn curls suggest, despite the back-breaking hours she spends doing rich folks' washing. With a frail mother and young daughter at home Ellen can't turn down the chance of singing at the Angel and Crown - even though it means working under brutish gangster Danny Donovan's roving eye. But when a handsome new doctor arrives, Danny's iron grip on Whitechapel is challenged. For not only does Robert Munroe fight for his patients in the slums - he is also determined to win the heart of the Angel and Crown's spirited singer, despite the chasm between their backgrounds. But no one has ever defied Danny Donovan before and Ellen's fragile chance of happiness is more at risk that ever ..."--Publisher description.