Few convicts returned to England but Molly Morgan did. Her light-fingered husband escaped when they were accused of theft, but Molly was sentenced to transportation. After a few years she returned, but was again transported. Eventually, she began farming in the Hunter Valley and was named the Queen of Hunter Valley.
Eva is told she is to marry the rich and influential Sir Piers de Granfort. She meets him and a widow whose eldest son is named Piers, and who looks remarkably like Sir Piers. What are they to one another? And why, if they are in love, do they not marry? Taken to her new home Eva tries to solve these puzzles.
Bella is terrified when the gross Henry VIII begins to pay her attentions. He is looking for a sixth wife who can give him sons. She flees from the Court with her friend Amy, but is pursued by the French Comte de Nerac, who offers to help her. Can she trust him? Will he betray her to Henry's vengeance and the men he has sent after her?
Bella is forced to marry the abusive Edward who is emigrating to Virginia. She is helped by Adam, a wealthy settler on a James River plantation, and they fall in love. Edward forces Bella to go with him to his own plantation. Can she ever escape his cruel domination?
Elinor is due to marry Francis, a captain in George I's army, but she worries about the probable disapproval of her brother Kit. He has been fighting for the Jacobites, but has not been heard of recently. A stranger arrives claiming Kit wants her to go with him to France, but they find the journey far from easy.
Clarinda's father hopes to marry her into the gentry but she rebels when he receives an offer from Lord Tarbuck, whose daughter is several years older than her. She escapes with her friend Sarah and heads to her grandmother in Harrogate Spa. Held up by a highwayman the girls find adventure before they can reach Harrogate.
Destined to marry a much older man, Catriona needs to hide from her uncle before going to her father's family in Amsterdam. Rory is struggling to manage a linen manufacturing business in Glasgow and employs her to supervise. Their relationship is stormy. Can they succeed despite the problems?
Janet dislikes Englishmen, especially the Marquess who intends to evict them from their croft. So when Alastair arrives she is far from friendly. After her grandmother dies. Janet leaves for Canada to join her brother, but on the journey to Glasgow disaster strikes and Janet has to accept Alastair's help.
When the Marquess of Stafford wants to clear his land of crofters to make way for sheep, Jamie and Flora Lennox, with their baby daughter, decide to go to Nova Scotia to start a new life. Can they survive in this new, raw land? Will they find happiness in their new lives?
London 1906. Patients will not accept Livvy as a 'proper' doctor. Sir James Dunstone doesn't support votes for women and would never allow a wife to work. Livvy is both attracted to him and frustrated by his patronising views of women's abilities. He comes to admire her mind but can there be any meeting between their minds?
