When their mother tragically dies, Mary-Anne and Eliza are left under the care of their drunken step-father. But things are complicated when Mary-Anne, the eldest, falls pregnant with the child of a married mine-owner. Scared and unsure what to do, the sisters try to hide Mary-Anne's pregnancy.

Can she find somewhere to call home?Victoria Wild is only four years old but already knows about heartbreak, having been abandoned by her unwed mother when she was only a baby.

Will she give in to temptation?When 18-year-old Eve runs away from her small village to start a new life in the city, she quickly discovers that Leeds is not everything she expected it to be.

Can she escape her past? After being orphaned as a child, Mary is taken in by her mother's friend Nell and raised as her own.