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Beautiful, willful Isabella Martin is being raised as a lady by her doting parents at their bustling inn, "The Jolly George". Life is full of learning lady-like accomplishments for her and her cousin Caroline. After an embarrassing family loss, security is more important to her than love, and she aspires to marry up out of her social class. Will her dreams come true as she seeks to socially climb, or will she die a slow, ghastly death at the hands of an adversary just when her life began to have new meaning?

Abigail, Bridget, and Cassandra Darby are sisters fallen on hard times. Their mother has worked hard to support them, and now it is their turn to earn a living.

Beautiful Caroline Martin is being raised by her aunt and uncle at their bustling inn, "The Jolly George". Caroline helps the inn's guests, who are on their way to Bath to drink and bathe in the cool waters in hope of a cure for their ailments, by working diligently in the stillroom. Recently as her cousin and friend are engaged to be married, she has felt the need to spread her wings and explore somewhere new. She is assured that God has a plan for her life to give her hope and a future brighter than she ever imagined.

Beautiful Margaret Hufton is the daughter of the parish's good and caring doctor. She dearly loves to help her father on his rounds, especially if there is a baby to hold. Margaret and her mother always have good gossip to share. A change in financial circumstance leads to a mission to reveal the secret that an inconvenient man has threatened to release. If the secret is revealed, Margaret's hopes of marriage will dissolve. Will the secret be revealed, and if it is, will the threat of gossip and ridicule be too much for her and her family to bear?