Jackie Brown and her parents were about to move abroad. Her widowed grandfather lived alone and Jackie was afraid he would not be able to manage without them, so she decided to find him a wife before she left.
Heather Anderson’s parent’s were killed in an accident, while on a job hunting visit to Cliffmore New Town. Many sympathetic townspeople wrote to the children’s home offering lonely Heather a new home, but she’s been unable to fit in happily with any of them.
After a night time visit to three ancient standing stones, on a hill above the village of Chilmore, Emma Malvern’s three friends changed and not for the better. The village became uneasy and unsettled, and people began to leave.
Twelve year old Helen Ward was the eldest and best loved of the children at Parkview Children’s Home. While in hospital she discovered she only had months to live, so to save the other children from heartbreak when she died, Helen set out to stop them loving her.
Tired of having his wife and daughter arguing, Jill Owen’s father entered them in for a Home-Maker competition, and both of them made it to the finals. Jill felt she had to beat her mum or she would never live it down.
In the year 1831, a terrible fever had struck the town of Easterland. All the prosperous citizens had fled leaving the poor to fend for themselves. All except Mercy Mason, the niece of a wealthy factory owner, whose mission was to care for all the children orphaned by the disease.
Sharon Gregg’s father told her she had a talent for making things grow. When her father died, Sharon stayed at their market garden in the care of her uncle Albert Tutt and his wife. The Tutts made sure Sharon’s green fingers were put to very good use! They treated her like a slave in the house as well as the garden.
Rosemary Harris loved her dog Laddie, but when her mother was given a new flat, Laddie had to go. So Rosemary was delighted when he was offered a part in a TV series. But the star of the series, Jackie Lane, did not like Laddie or Rosemary and decided to get rid of them if she could.
Bella Brown took up babysitting to earn money for a family holiday. She soon found there was more to the job than she expected!
Nadia’s widowed mother had recently remarried. David, Nadia’s new dad, was wealthy and generous. He was determined to give Nadia all she could wish for. So far, this had not gone down well with Nadia’s friends.