After the death of her parents, Evangeline must succeed as a schoolteacher in a remote region of Northern England in order to claim her inheritance from her grandfather and be reunited with her younger sister, Lucy. When a local bricklayer, Dermot, offers his help, she finds herself falling in love with the Irishman.

Lenora Wilton has struggled with shyness and social anxiety her whole life, but when she moves to Bath to teach music at an all-girls' school, she unexpectedly falls in love with the uncle of one of her most troublesome students.

Authors Elizabeth Black and Fletcher Walker go head-to-head as rival writers of Victorian Penny Dreadfuls. As an upper class schoolteacher, Elizabeth must write under the pseudonym "Mr. King" in order to keep her identity a secret, while former street urchin Fletcher is determined to uncover the truth behind this up-and-coming new talent. But the more time they spend together, the more she loses her heart to him.

In 1850 Northern England, Isabelle is trapped in a loveless marriage to wealthy Alexander Osgood until a tragic accident leaves him paralyzed, giving her an opportunity to forge a connection and create a deep romantic love where nothing else could.

In 1857 Manchester, England, artist Rosanna Hawkins, who reproduces “parlor versions” of classic masterpieces with near-perfect precision for the upper class, teams up with a handsome detective to prove her innocence when someone steals a priceless Michelangelo painting, replacing it with her reproduction.