Iris Cole Books in Order

Orphaned on Christmas Eve in 1881, eight-year-old Luella learns to survive London’s streets with help from other children. As a gang and a dangerous secret threaten her, young street sweeper Frank tries to find and protect her.

Match seller Holly takes refuge from a harsh Christmas season and encounters wealthy, embittered Adrian Moorefield. Pressure from an abusive overseer draws their lives together, exposing a connection rooted in old memories and secrets that neither expected.

Cast out of the foundling hospital, Clary searches for her mother with only a token left at her birth. A young man’s offer of shelter leads to new discoveries, but pursuing the truth draws her into danger.

After her father’s death, Vera endures cruelty under an uncle who takes control of her home. Escaping to the streets with help from stableboy Ralph, she learns disturbing truths about the parent she had always trusted.

Raised under a criminal’s control, Angel teaches London street children to pick pockets. Her growing relationship with constable Jimmy Milton offers another life, but the gang leader’s response forces her to choose between love and those she protects.

Sold into dangerous labor in the Fen marshes, Lily finds comfort in Tuck’s promise that they will one day be free. As they grow older, the pair secretly plan an escape for themselves and the other captive children.

Hardened by years in a workhouse, Lily survives on London’s streets until childhood friend Hugh offers shelter and employment. Criminal entanglements threaten that chance at safety, forcing her into a decision that could destroy their renewed connection.

Taken from his mother and forced into chimney sweeping, Jack loses his friend Beryl during a failed escape. Their later reunion gives him another chance at love, but shame about his criminal past keeps him at a distance.

Years after poverty separated Helen from her daughter Beryl, she continues searching for a reunion. Meanwhile, Jack seeks the mother lost in his workhouse childhood, bringing two families toward discoveries that could heal or reopen old wounds.

Widowed and forced from her home, Mabel struggles to support herself and her baby. Further losses drive them into the workhouse, where separation from her son begins a difficult search complicated by betrayal and figures from her past.