BEATEN Glenda Jenkins has been beaten by her husband Harry one too many times - and this time he?s put her in a hospital bed. Battered and bruised, Glenda slowly makes her recovery. But she fears what awaits her back at home? BROKEN When Glenda meets kind hospital porter Frank, he offers her a lifeline she can?t refuse. The pair decide to run away together, escaping the terror of Harry. But, fearing for her life, Glenda has to make the biggest sacrifice...

Caterbury, 1900. Olivia Fratton thinks that if she hears the words 'Isabel's Wedding' one more time she will scream, and no one would blame her. The oldest of the four Fratton siblings, it falls to her to arrange her little sister's wedding, and she struggles to cope with Isabel's demands on their limited budget.

Susannah Leyton has grown up behind the counter of her father's apothecary shop. When she receives a proposal of marriage from handsome merchant Henry Savage, she believes her prayers have been answered. But Henry is a complex & troubled man.