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Leap the Wild Water is set in early 19th century rural Wales and is a vivid portrayal of one woman's struggle to carve a life she can call her own against the religious constraints of her family and community.
Megan's Mam has died and her childhood sweetheart returned wishing to marry her. She accepts but does not tell him about the affair she had in his absence and the illegitimate child which was stolen away from her by her brother and Mam, to save the family from shame.
Meanwhile, her brother, Morgan, is desperate to make amends. He knows Megan's child is living in squalor and is abused and neglected by the woman he pays to look after her. He yearns to bring the child home but to do so would ruin his sister's new found happiness and reputation.
As Morgan wrestles with his conscience, Megan's past begins to catch up with her and threatens to destroy her life.
