Mary Hooper

When Louise and Bethany fell out with Amy she decided to find a friend on an internet chatroom. She knows it is stupid to go alone to meet someone she has been chatting to - but Zed seems so normal, what can possibly go wrong?

Set in 17th century London, this is the tale of Hannah, a young country girl who travels to London to work in her sister's sweetmeats shop just as the Plague begins to take hold of the city.

At 15 years old Megan discovers she is pregnant. This is the story of how she copes and how friends and family react towards her.

Only one year after the city suffered such terrible losses during the Plague, London is recovering and Hannah convinces her parents that, with her younger sister Anne's help, she can return to the city and manage the sweetmeats shop on her own. The girls are thrilled to be back in London, and Hannah even finds her old beau, Tom, alive and well and working for a magician. But her newfound happiness is short-lived as fires begin to spring up around the city and quickly move closer to their shop. Finally, Hannah and Anne are forced to abandon their home to save their lives. When the fires have abated, the girls return to find their shop in ruins. They also find Tom, beaten and injured after being chased by a mob that blamed the magician for starting the fire. Despite their losses, Hannah is sure that one day she will rebuild her shop and once again trade under the sign of the sugared plum.

Eliza Rose goes to London after being thrown out by her stepmother. She is befriended by Nelly Gwynn who introduces her to the court of Charles II where she falls in love with Valentine Howard. Unfortunately she is a lowly maid and he an aristocrat.