Molly Britton

Being a maid at the Highmore estate is hard, but it offers food and a place to sleep. And it is there she meets Nate, an orphan like her. Forming a fast bond, Charlotte is thankful she can count on Nate. Until tragedy strikes, and Nate is removed from the estate, leaving Charlotte shattered.

London 1890. Stella Green has lived a hard life. Left alone to care for her sister while her mother works, Stella soon realizes what her mother's work entails, and when she is pushed to start work herself, she runs to the streets of London....

The docks are a scary place for Jane Parker, her mother, and young brother after her father dies suddenly. Rough men and danger lurk in the night. Tragedy continues to strike the family when Jane is almost attacked, and her mother and brother take ill....

Poor Claire escapes the workhouse but is left to fend for herself on the tough streets of Victorian London around Christmastime while searching for her family....

Eva, only 10, has known a hard life. Her mother, Mary, had an illicit relationship with the son of a wealthy merchant and found herself pregnant and alone, Eva's father wanting nothing to do with them....

Ella's life spirals downward when she and her mother are forced to the streets of London at Christmas when her father is sent to debtor's prison. When her mother is struck with an illness, Ella is forced to beg, finding herself in grave danger from those who want to take advantage of her....

1872. Life in the orphanage is hard for Emma, and she turns to life on the streets, where she pickpockets to stay alive, until she pickpockets a wealthy gentleman who wants her punished....

Abby is 12 years old when tragedy strikes a few weeks before Christmas. Soon after, Abby and her mother find themselves out on the streets in the bitter cold. But the heartache has only begun, and each Christmas brings cruel twists of fate that change Abby's life forever....

London, 1879. When Ella's family is forced to live on the streets of London's East End, tragedy strikes, forcing Ella and her sister, Mary, into an orphanage where they endure long hours of hard work. When Ella is apprenticed to a cobbler, she's forcibly separated from her sister....

London, 1859. After Elizabeth's family is taken by disease, she is taken in by Calvin and Mary, working long hours in their bakery. Life is good until Mary dies, leaving Elizabeth alone with Calvin, where beatings become part of Elizabeth's daily life....

Nora is forced into the workhouse at eight years old with her younger sister when they lose their parents. Hungry, lonely, and scared, the sisters lean on each other to get through a miserable existence of backbreaking work....

Emma has been at the orphanage since she was a baby. Now six years old, she finally has a chance at the life she has always wanted. But Christmas tragedy strikes, and Emma is forced into a new home, where she is unwanted....

Abandoned on the streets by a mother who doesn't want them, Maggie and her young brothers are forced into the cruel confines of the workhouse. When Maggie is forced to leave the workhouse, and her terrified brothers, behind to begin work as a seamstress, she vows to get her family back together.