An epic saga of life, death, tears and laughter, from a storyteller thousands have come to love and trust. Moving from the slums of Victorian London to the plains of the Wild West, the darkest edges of New York and the gold rush of San Francisco, NEVER LOOK BACK is the story of beautiful and intelligent Matilda, who rises out of poverty to forge a new life for herself in the land of the free. Escaping the deprivation she was born into, Matilda travels to America with Giles, a Church of England minister, his wife Lily, and their young daughter Tabitha. There she finds passion and heartbreak, but it's not until she meets Captain James Russell that she finds true love. A love that must withstand separation, war, and the constraints of their society. Matty has a hard road to travel, but eventually she discovers that life must go on, no matter how painful, and that she must never look back ...