From the slums of Victorian London to a New World! Matilda Jennings was a poor flower girl in Covent Garden until the day she saved the life of a minister's daughter called Tabitha. Drawn into the bosom of little Tabitha's family; she little realizes it will soon mean uprooting her own life. For Matilda leaves Victorian London's slums and heads first for the darkest corners of New York; then beyond into the plains of the Wild West and San Francisco's gold rush. With only her beauty; intelligence and the strong will she forged on London's streets to guide her; Matilda must create a new life for herself and Tabitha. Between the sweat and tears; heartbreak and passion; she encounters Captain James Russell; a man in whom she might find true love. A love that must withstand separation; war and the birth pangs of a new nation. But through it all; Matilda knows she must never look back...