When their father's death leaves them impoverished, Sarah Summers and her genteel sisters fear they will be forced to sell the house and separate to earn livelihoods as governesses or companions. Determined to stay together, Sarah convinces them to open their seaside home to guests to make ends meet and provide for their ailing mother. Instead of the elderly invalids they expect to receive, they find themselves hosting eligible gentlemen. Sarah is soon torn between a growing attraction to a mysterious Scottish widower and duty to her family. Viola Summers reluctantly agrees to read to some of Sidmouth's many invalids, preferring the company of a few elders with failing eyesight to the fashionable guests staying in their home. But when her first client turns out to be a wounded officer in his 30s, Viola soon wishes she had chosen differently.

When Miss Rebecca Lane returns to her home village after a few years away, her brother begs for a favor: go to nearby Swanford Abbey and deliver his manuscript to an author staying there who could help him get published. Once there, Rebecca begins noticing strange things, including a figure in a hooded black gown gliding silently through the abbey's cloisters. She then encounters Sir Frederick, who long ago broke her heart. When the famous author is found murdered in the abbey, Sir Frederick quickly discovers that several people held grudges against the man, including Miss Lane and her brother. Haunted by a painful betrayal in his past, Sir Frederick is torn between his growing feelings for Rebecca and his pursuit of the truth. For Miss Lane is clearly hiding something.

One final cry (“God almighty, help us!”) and suddenly her world shifted violently, until a blinding collision scattered her mind and shook her bones. As all sensation drifted away, a hand reached for hers before all faded into darkness. Now she has awakened as though from some strange, suffocating dream in a warm and welcoming room. She recalls fragments of the accident. She remembers a baby. And a ring on her finger reminds her of a lie. But most of all, there is a secret. And in this house of strangers, she can trust no one but herself to keep it.

When a benefactor offers the Fosters the use of Pembrooke Park, it seems a perfect solution to their financial troubles. But they soon learn the abandoned manor is shrouded in mystery, and no one seems willing to shed light on the past. The handsome local curate warns Abigail to beware of trespassers who may be drawn by rumors of a hidden treasure. Hoping to improve her family’s situation, Abigail begins searching for it herself. Will she find the treasure and love she seeks...or very real danger?

London dancing master Alec Valcourt moved his mother and sister to a remote village in Devonshire hoping for a fresh start. But upon his arrival, he is stunned to learn that Beaworthy is controlled by a wealthy widow who has prohibited all dancing, for reasons buried deep in her past. With the help of the widow’s spirited daughter, Julia, can Alec bring new life to this quiet village --- and to one woman’s hardened heart?

Determined to help her father when his boarding school fails, Emma Smallwood accompanies him to the cliff-top manor of a baronet and his four sons. But soon after they arrive, mysterious things begin to happen. The baronet's older sons both remember Miss Smallwood from their days at her father's academy, but now one of them becomes unexpectedly drawn to her. When suspicious acts escalate, can Emma figure out which brother to blame and which to trust with her heart?

Pampered Margaret Macy flees London in disguise to escape pressure to marry a dishonorable man. She takes a position as a housemaid in the home of Nathaniel Upchurch, a suitor she once rejected in hopes of winning his dashing brother. If she can last until her next birthday, she will gain an inheritance from a spinster aunt --- and sweet independence.