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They say the girls were witches, but Beatrice Scarlet, the apothecary's daughter, is sure they are innocent victims... London, 1758: Beatrice Scarlet has returned to London and found a position at St Mary Magdalene's Refuge for fallen women. Beatrice enjoys the work and soon forms a close bond with her charges. The refuge is supported by a wealthy tabacco merchant, who regularly offers the girls steady work in his factory to aid their rehabilitation. But when seven girls sent to the factory mysteriously disappear, Beatrice is uneasy. Their would-be benefactor claims they were a coven of witches, beholden only to Satan and his demonic misdeeds. But Beatrice is convinced something much darker than witchcraft is at play...