Orphaned Shirley Richards was living in Cedar Lodge Children’s Home. She was amazed when Mr Brown, her father’s solicitor, told her that her parents had left her a fortune. Shirley wanted to be fostered, but she decided to keep her wealth a secret until the right foster parents were found for her.
Fourteen year old, Magdalen Dennion was convinced that her father, who had lost his memory, was the rightful heir to Sedley Hall, the big house where she worked as a housemaid. Once, when looking at a painting or Sedley Hall, Mr Dennion had said, “This is your home …”—and so started Magdalen on the search for her father’s family. However, a man claiming to be the missing heir, Sir Richard Sedley, had appeared and was instantly accepted as genuine by old Lady Sedley, whose sight was bad. Discovering that the man calling himself Sir Richard was an impostor, Magdalen realised that he would go to any lengths to keep the fortune that was within his grasp. Magdalen suspected that the butler, Soames, was also in the plot.
When Old Bart dies he leaves everything to his adopted Eskimo daughter, Monakapanik or Mo for short. Mo thinks this means she will be in charge of his general store in the Canadian Arctic and is surprised to find out Old Bart was actually a knight and wealthy man. She goes to England to stay with his relatives in England, who were not so happy about it.
Toni Stacy and her father had inherited the large house in which Toni’s great Uncle Joshua had lived as a recluse and, to afford its upkeep, they were running it as a museum. Max Smiter, a crooked businessman, wanted to build a gambling club on the site and was determined to get rid of the Stacys and the museum. But Toni was helped by a strange gadget, the amazing Time Trigger, which had been given to her by a visitor from space named Zargot.
Emily Dixon had led a spoilt, sheltered life in the Victorian home of her Grandfather, a retired toymaker. But when her Grandfather died, Emily discovered that all he had left her was a collection of musical boxes, hidden in various places. Emily set out with her maid, Dora Jones, to recover the boxes.
When her wealthy guardian died, Gloria Langton expected to inherit everything. But the spoilt young heiress was staggered to discover that she would have to share her legacy with a girl known only as Florrie and it was up to Gloria to find her or lose everything!
Meriel Finch had been living in a children’s home for six months when Darkmoor Manor was left to her by Agatha Lome, an old lady she had never met. Meriel visited the manor twice on her own, unable to wait for the matron to accompany her, but strange things happened — aided by Orville, the late Agatha’s great nephew..
