#1 – The Christmas Wedding
In the winter of 1867, Daisy Marshall is secretly engaged to her employer’s son but is abandoned before their marriage. She flees to Little Creek on the Essex coast, where she finds a community trapped in poverty and subject to a cruel local landowner. When cholera…
#2 – A Village Scandal
In April 1869, Daisy prepares to celebrate her marriage to Jay before the whole village of Little Creek. The festivities end in uncertainty when Jay disappears on their wedding night, leaving Daisy unable to discover whether she is a wife, a widow or the victim of…
#3 – The Country Bride
In 1879, Judy Begg has spent most of her life serving at Creek Manor and loving its heir, Jack Fox. Their childhood friendship develops into a secret engagement, but Jack abandons her just as the manor is sold and Judy’s family loses both employment and home.…