Caroline Winther has everything a girl in Victorian England can wish for. A kind, caring family, plenty of money, a respected name, and a loving fiancee. Her life takes a drastic change, however, with the start of the Crimean war. Carol finds her plans to join Florence Nightingale's team of nurses roadblocked by her loved ones. A military hospital is no place for a girl of Carol's status and position in society. But Carol's family underestimate her, and when threatened she breaks with them and sets sail for Turkey, hardly prepared for what is to greet her when the ship docks. Does Carol have what it takes to cope with the hardships and prejudice she must face as a female military nurse? And will she be able to regain the respect and love of her family? Daughter of England is a story of courage and love set against a historical background. Through the eyes of fictional characters you can meet one of history's greatest heroines and embark on a journey with the early pioneers of nursing as we know it today.

The year is 1848, and India Chetham is forced to abandon her comfortable life in Boston after the death of her wealthy father. Just as his will instructed, India and her two younger sisters are sent to Tennessee, to live under the custody of one of her father's old friends, Mr. Alexander Thompson, politician, veteran, slave owner, and former presidential candidate, at his plantation, called Foxglove. India is less than enthused, to say the least. She hates the Tennessee heat, hates the fact that her new home is run by slave labor, hates how far away she is from her friends, hates how Mr. Thompson seems to constantly be testing her, and finds herself constantly butting heads with Mr. Thompson's adopted son, Elliott. Here at Foxglove, India finds she has to prove herself more than she has ever needed to in her life. She brazenly stands up to Mr. Thompson, defending her sisters and family, and trying to make her opinion on slavery known. In secret, she begins to teach some of the slaves how to read and write, even going as far as helping them escape on the Underground Railroad. During all of this, India and Elliott come together in ways that she would have never expected. And, she finds out some surprising family secrets invovling her mother...