When the son of a preacher decides to follow his dream to become a rock singer instead of going into the ministry as his father would like, he discovers a family secret that reveals his true identity.

Heidi, a gifted twelve-year-old who lives with her mentally challenged mother, travels alone from Nevada to New York to learn more about her family's past.

Follows events when the emerging nouveau riche, including the Trenchard family, rub shoulders with London's established upper classes and when secrets from the past threaten to emerge.

Helena’s seemingly ordinary life hides a dangerous truth: her estranged father is the infamous Marsh King, the man who kept her and her mother captive in the wilderness for years. When he escapes from prison, Helena is forced to confront her past, and – knowing that he will hunt for her – find the strength to outmaneuver the man who taught her everything she knows about surviving in the wild.

Two sisters live with their uncle on the family estate being ostracized by the villagers, who believe one of them poisoned their parents and got away with it, but their lives get disrupted by the arrival of cousin Charles, who seeks to steal the family's fortune.