Emily Williams, a sixteen-year-old American transplant to England, decides to fulfill her work-study requirement by working on her aunt's sheep farm in Scotland for a month, and becomes involved in a competition with her mousy friend Holly for the attentions of a farmhand they have both decided is a "hottie."

Mary Russell, an intelligent young woman, becomes the apprentice of Sherlock Holmes.

A pregnant young woman leaves her small Irish town to search for her boyfriend in the English Midlands.

Nanzeen, married off to an older man, moves from her Bangladeshi village to live with him in London in the 1980s and 1990s, where she raises a family, learns to love her husband, and comes to a realization that she has a voice in her own life.

Story of American beauties questing for British titles and the dukes, lords, and marquesses of England questing for American dollars in late nineteenth century New York.

A confrontation between a sixteen-year-old Nigerian orphan, called Little Bee, and a wealthy British couple on vacation, has life-changing consequences for everyone involved.