Gone by nightfall

Charlotte Mason is a young woman living in czarist Russia in 1917, determined to build a life of her own there. Her plan is to go to medical school and become a doctor, but her mother's death derails it. Charlotte has to stay home and look after her unruly younger siblings.

Then a handsome new tutor, Dmitri, comes to the household. Charlotte hopes he will stay on and take over the children's care, leaving her free to pursue her ambitions. But Dmitri is not quite what he seems, and he is hiding more than she realizes.

Just as her old life seems within reach again, Russia is swept into revolution and chaos. Charlotte now has to get herself and her siblings out of the country, and quickly. With time running out, she must find a way to escape, protect the children and learn the truth about Dmitri.