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Ewan Fitzwilliam wants to escape his abusive father's influence and helps young flower picker Theodosia develop the speech skills her business ambitions require. Their unequal positions complicate the attraction growing between a hopeful entrepreneur and a troubled playwright.

Shy heiress Ester Croome proposes an elopement with actor Arthur Bex to avoid an arranged engagement. He needs a respectable marriage, but family secrets, the journey to Gretna Green, and dangerous abolitionist gatherings test their hurried union.

Widow Theodosia Cecil advertises for a husband to protect her son, only for her supposedly dead first love to return. After six years at war, Ewan Fitzwilliam must confront her belief that he abandoned her and the secrets dividing them.

Frederica Burghley advertises for a husband before her father can choose one for her. Threatening replies bring widower Jasper Fitzwilliam into her search as protector and matchmaker, complicating their friendship with danger and feelings neither expected.

Four years after an attack apparently killed her husband, Ruth Croome seeks a practical new marriage. Adam returns from forced naval service to find her alive with their son, but his concealed identity and past lies threaten their reunion.