Bridie gets a job as a maid on Sir Ian of Seaton's estate and, much against her better judgement and will, falls in love with Sir Ian's brother's step-son, also called Ian. Ian optimistically feels that his father will understand and let them marry butBridie expects...

Editeur : Piatkus
Parution : 2016-10-20

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When she was sixteen, Sheila Beattie knew exactly what her future would be. She would marry her sweetheart Eric, a fisherman like her father, and they would raise their family and dream their simple dreams in the village which they'd been born. Her life lay before her,...

Editeur : Piatkus
Parution : 2016-10-13

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Susan's parents had wanted a son . . . and they did little to hide their disappointment. As soon as was decently possible they packed her off to boarding-school. If only they could have known . . . For in the tradition-bound Scotland of the 1920s, there was no place...

Editeur : Piatkus
Parution : 2016-10-13

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The Glasgow Nellie Thompson had been born in city bled colourless by poverty and despair, and divided against itself by religion and class. A city where appearances meant more than the truth that might lie in a person's heart . . .Nellie knew what it was like to be...

Editeur : Piatkus
Parution : 2016-10-13

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Even to a girl from the slums of Bristol, the streets of Glasgow were inhospitable and grey; the wealth and splendour of its mansions cold and heartless. But for Hester Dark, there could be no turning back - she would make this cruel city the home of her dreams.Everyone...

Editeur : Piatkus
Parution : 2016-10-13

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The first time Jessie laid her eyes on Tommy McBride was in July 1947, when they were still at school - and long before she knew anything about heartbreak or pain. Then she was the sheltered, dreamy minister's daughter, determined to take a bite out of life. And he was...

Editeur : Piatkus
Parution : 2016-10-13

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From the author of the timeless classic Roses Have Thorns, don't miss this heart-stopping, sweeping saga, perfect for fans of Anna Jacobs, Rita Bradshaw and Diney Costeloe.She's faced danger but can she survive to win her freedom?As the daughter of a disgraced British...

Editeur : Canelo
Parution : 2016-10-10

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In the Cornish mining village of Meryen, a secret never stays a secret for very long...No one knows this better than the beautiful yet distressed Tara Nankervis, who is forced to share a devastating secret with her much older and destructive husband, Joshua. Out of...

Editeur : Ebury Digital
Parution : 2016-09-08

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THE ELEVENTH CLIFFEHAVEN NOVEL BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ELLIE DEANIt is 1943 and April Wilton is devastated when she is forced to leave Portsmouth and the WRENs where she has found friendship, fulfilment and love.Rejected by her mother, and facing an uncertain...

Editeur : Cornerstone Digital
Parution : 2016-08-25

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From West End lady to East End girl: a gritty saga perfect for fans of Call the Midwife and The Nightingale GirlsMiss May Winton, heiress to the Frears shipyard fortune, has been rocked in the cradle of upper-class comfort for the past twenty-two years. But now she is...

Editeur : Canelo
Parution : 2016-08-08

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Previously published as Sisters of Fortune.Sophie and Rosa Moran are born into a working-class family struggling to rise above poverty. Their father is a lowly employee at Thackreys' Bank, a powerful family-run concern. Sophie and her sister first come into contact with...

Editeur : Piatkus
Parution : 2016-07-07

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In his absence, she will find her strength…After a childhood in poverty and leaving school to work at the age of thirteen, life is beginning to look up for Brenda Wilson. Freshly married to her handsome soldier husband, she finds her true vocation in...

Editeur : Ebury Digital
Parution : 2016-06-16

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The heart-breaking sequel to Roses Have Thorns Amy Roberts born poor and illegitimate but now wife to the wealthy Lord Warminster has everything she once-desired: security, status, but most of all, a longed-for baby daughter. What she doesn't have is Frank, father of...

Editeur : Canelo
Parution : 2016-06-15

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'Anna Jacobs' books are deservedly popular. She is one of the best writers of Lancashire sagas around' - Historical Novels Reviews'Anna Jacobs' books have an impressive grasp of human emotions' - Sunday Times'Catherine Cookson fans will cheer!' - Peterborough Evening...

Editeur : Hodder & Stoughton
Parution : 2016-05-19
Collection : Rivenshaw Saga
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As the storm clouds gather over Europe, life at Easterleigh Hall is about to change again1937 Evie and her family have struggled to keep Easterleigh Hall, now a hotel, running during the depression, and with war looming, she worries for the children, who have to find...

Editeur : Cornerstone Digital
Parution : 2016-05-19

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'Warm and atmospheric, you can practically taste the sea breeze' The Express****The dramatic new saga from the author of The Royal Lacemaker, The Girl with the Red Ribbon andFamily for ChristmasSeventeen-year-old Merryn Dyer has been helping her mother to knit...

Editeur : Penguin
Parution : 2016-05-19

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Torn between duty to her family and a last chance at love...Busy bringing up her motherless brothers and sisters, romance is the last thing on Lily Thorpe’s mind. But when the handsome preacher Matt Gibson asks Lily to return with him to Australia as his wife, she finds...

Editeur : Ebury Digital
Parution : 2016-04-21

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FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE NIGHTINGALE SERIES COMES THE FIRST BOOK IN DONNA DOUGLAS' NEW NURSES OF STEEPLE STREET SERIES.Welcome to the district nurses’ home on Steeple Street, where everyone has a secret…Ambitious young nurse Agnes Sheridan...

Editeur : Cornerstone Digital
Parution : 2016-04-21

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From the bestselling author of Miss Appleby's Academy comes the third book in the popular Black Family trilogy. Perfect for fans of Catherine King, Katie Flynn and Dilly Court. Maddy Grant is a country girl, living high up on the fells above the small town of Sweet...

Editeur : Quercus
Parution : 2016-04-07
Collection : The Black Family
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The Great War is over and Dilly has made a new life for herself - but can she lay the ghosts of her past to rest?Hardworking widow Dilly Carey has struggled out of poverty to make a successful life for herself. Surrounded by her children and grandchildren, Dilly should...

Editeur : Corsair
Parution : 2016-04-07
Collection : Dilly's Story
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