"What if you could live again and again, until you got it right? On a cold and snowy night in 1910, Ursula Todd is born to an English banker and his wife. She dies before she can draw her first breath. On that same cold and snowy night, Ursula Todd is born, lets out a lusty wail, and embarks upon a life that will be, to say the least, unusual. For as she grows, she also dies, repeatedly, in a variety of ways, while the young century marches on towards...

On the death of her benefactor, Lily Tremaine takes his three children and presents herself to Knight Winthrop, London's most notorious bachelor. She finds herself drawn to him but his code of family honor suppress's his intense feelings for her. On her heels come a jilted suitor and a pair of jewel thieves who will stop at nothing to recover their stolen gems.

The last thing Martha Wentworth York needs is more change in her life. She's already lost her husband to what the politicians are calling "The War to End All wars." If that weren't enough, her brother and sisters have gone to France as part of the war effort.