Adelia Davies was the daughter of Viscount but was born in a world where she would be shunned. She was hidden from the world because of her beauty, a beauty so rare because she was a mulatto. Her whole life was a confinement until she met...him. This man who treats her with respect, this man who wants her for her. This man wants her for a wife, it's everything she dreamed of but seems impossible. Thomas Darren, Earl of Lindon wanted change. His life overseas gave him a perspective of how the world was. He was tired of the life that was planned for him, he wanted something more. Then he meets her, and she changed his whole life. She was what he wanted and he was going to do whatever it took to be with her. Can they overcome the rules of their society? Can they find a way to be together?

Hitler's Third Reich now rules all of Europe with an iron fist. Technological advances and wonder weapons aid the Axis powers, cementing their grip as rulers over all. But most notable, and perhaps animalistic of all, is their new fangled human dna alterations... Though five storeys below captured Paris, there lies a labyrinth of dead. The Catacombs. Here, battered remnants of the French Resistance hide among the bones. To the Nazi eye, these outcasts are mere sewers rats to their army of viscious wolves above. But the rat is a resilient, clever, little beast. It can outwit even the strongest of foes...

~1897 Denton~ Adaline and Nathaniel attempt to shield themselves from rumours and social alienation by hiding their familiarity with one another. Adaline begins to realise that her first impressions of the town were incorrect, and that fear is more of a prison than a protection. Where the future is uncertain and clouded, anxiety will rule the lives of the townspeople. Folks battle all manner of secret struggles on their journeys to find freedom in ruling over their own lives. Domestic abuse. Sandra Keating stuck in her assumed familial responsibilities gets the short end of the stick. Class prejudice. Eli Morrison can choose to face either discrimination or parental neglect. Physical disability. An injury can cause Hiram Carter to either suffer inward turmoil or use his time pursuing a possible romance. Romantic desperation. Alberta Lancaster finds that she doesn't need male attention to be of value.