Lady Amelia Grey is too rich, too quiet and very insecure. In a society where impressions and arranged marriages are popular, Amelia needs a husband. When she miraculously marries the oh-so-handsome Lord Pierce, he can't stand the sight of her! However, when Amelia is abandoned by her husband of two days, everything changes and when he returns, nothing is the same, including Amelia. Will it be second time lucky for Lady Amelia and Lord Pierce?

Merci lives a hard life. With her father gone and her mother sick, she must work in a cotton factory to provide for her mother and four younger siblings. When she is thrown from the factory, she is forced to find a new way to ensure her family's survival. What she never expected was the form she found it in.