Jo Melling has arrived in Birch End from Australia. She's not intending to stay long but after track..

1935. At 36 Bella Porter is dependent on her abusive cousin Thomas acting as his unpaid servant. But..

Can both sisters find happiness when one marries for love and the other for money?Sisters Mary and C..

Lizzie is an orphan living with her Aunt Annie Uncle Perce and two boy cousins within a stone's thro..

Kent 1814. Molly Dawson now a respectable married woman lives with her husband and three daughters o..

Hull 1856. James Ripley and his wife Moira have always looked out for the poor of Hull. When during ..

As the only female cabinet maker in the valley in 1935 Frankie Redfern is unusual. But she's content..

Trixie and her fellow lumberjills are back in Scotland newly stationed at the MacKay estate. When th..

The new novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author Barbara Taylor Bradford.The second book in th..

As war finally draws to a close what will victory and peacetime bring for the south coast's Bluebird..

Despite air raids and rationing in wartime London sisters Liz and Dora Beck find time for fun and la..

Helen Bygrove is managing the hotel now that her husband has been conscripted. Against all expectati..

Cliffehaven 1944. Peggy Reilly is enjoying a rare moment alone in the garden of her Beach View Board..

Since escaping his family?s notoriety in Australia Will Kidd has been content to live the life of a ..

Cambridgeshire - 1941_x000D_As the war rages on in Europe it brings untold heartache to the Talbot f..

Aurora Pettigrew has a loving family a nice home a comfortable life. She's waiting for the right man..

Kent 1815. When the beautiful but naive Grace Lennicker falls for Isaiah Feasey son of a rival smugg..

Simla India 1914. Married at 18 to the dashing Jack beautiful Elizabeth Ravenhart is devastated when..

In the mid-1850s life for an orphan was grim as Kirsten MacGregor discovered when her parents died s..

It is two years since Harpers opened in Oxford Street and Ben is planning to expand the premises. Li..

Lancashire 1895. When her controlling stepfather suddenly dies it seems that Elinor Pendleton finall..

Liverpool 1942. Though they may be posted miles apart Cadi and Jez's love for one another is stronge..

When Pearl?s grandmother Nell dies unexpectedly she and her family - mother Diana sister Lucy - retu..

The war is over but peace hasn't quite settled between newly-reunited sisters Babs and Beth. Tilly a..

Halifax 1876. On the death of her mother and sister Isabelle Gibson is left to fend for herself and ..

Norfolk 1939. The residents of Great Plumstead agree to open up their homes to evacuees from London...

Liverpool 1940. When war comes to Britain Jessica Wilson and her friend Ruby seize the opportunity t..

Lancashire 1931. When Finn Carlisle loses his wife and unborn child he spends a few years travelling..

1949. To pursue her daughter?s destiny Fay must train in London and Peggy is faced with a dilemma of..

Leaving Liverpool behind Libby Gilbert embarks on a transformative journey to London with her newfou..

1851. After her husband saved her from a life of prostitution Louisa Hill was briefly happy as a hou..

1850. Beatrix is just 18 when her father tells her she is to marry a stranger. Upon meeting her futu..

Devon 1918. When Jessie Hale loses her nursing job she leaves London to become the nurse maid to the..

Liverpool 1940. As the Luftwaffe turns its attention to Liverpool Shane Quinn decides to move his fa..

The latest novel from the genuinely bestselling author of seventeen compelling novels from A Woman o..

December 1930. With the Depression biting deeper it looks like many children in the East End will wa..

Lancashire 1842. Sixteen-year-old Bessie works long hours as a weaver in Blackburn helping to suppor..

Missing home Rachel seizes the opportunity to train as a district nurse in a village near Rochdale e..

Her name was Hannah Boyle but to the people of the village she would always be 'The Girl' - Matthew ..

Life changes for the Palin children when Mam dies and it?s up to twelve-year-old Sally to take her p..

London 1950Peggy Ronoscki is happily settling into life running her guesthouse on Mulberry Lane surr..

Gosport 1941. The Bluebird Girls - Rainey Bird Bea Herron and Ivy Sparrow - are on their way to star..

1943. Gloria is reunited with her sweetheart Jack. But her sons Bobby and Gordon are away with the N..

Eighteen-year-old Connie Baxter works as an usherette at the Criterion Picture House in Gosport. Her..

Anna and Will have been passing in and out of each other's lives since they were just kids._x000D_No..

Liverpool 1901. The Tempest family is barely able to put food on the table. When Florrie falls ill w..

Elsie Barker is desperate for a new start after her husband leaves her. When her friend Izzy - who n..

Bristol 1939. School leaver Maisie Miles suspects her father a small-time crook has an ulterior moti..

An unexpected inheritance is most people's dream but not so for Paula. She's happy and secure in Wes..

Rainey Bird Ivy Sparrow and Bea Herron all love to sing. For Rainey music has been a solace during t..

Laura Cannock is on the run suspected of killing her bullying husband and his family are out for rev..

Lancashire 1932. Widower Harry Makepeace lives in Manchester with his sickly daughter Cathie scrimpi..

At the end of Hawthorn Close there is a charming park which boasts two magnificent magnolia trees an..

When tragedy strikes Libby Gilbert is left homeless and destitute fending for herself on the capital..

1879: Shipwrecked off the west coast of Australia Louisa Reynolds is aided by an aboriginal girl and..

With Mulberry Lane's favourite pub The Pig & Whistle undergoing renovation proprietors Peggy and Abl..

The prequel to the million-copy bestseller A Woman of Substance where high on the Yorkshire moors th..

Lancashire 1895. Lillian Hesketh has taken a new name and a brave step towards a happier life. Sudde..

1914. Growing up on a farm in the country Annie Cradwell has always dreamt of singing on stage. So w..

1936. Polly's guardian angel has to work overtime when her large family is forced to move from the c..

Lancashire 1934. Three years after her husband's sudden death Stella comes into some money unexpecte..

On the day that her youngest child leaves home Alice Hatton discovers two disturbing truths in a mat..

Hull 1852. Matty has been the mother to her three younger sisters since their mother?s death ten yea..

Summer 1945. The nation rejoices as the Second World War comes to an end but Banbury Street matriarc..

For ten years Delia has had to fend for herself and her son Jack and as a young unmarried mother lif..

Bridget Kittrick headstrong and independent is ready to show her worth when she's left in charge of ..

Liverpool 1939. Olivia Campbell appears to have the perfect life. However behind closed doors she li..

1933. Tesa and Frederica Nicolson enjoy one last idyllic summer at the beautiful Villa Millefiore ov..

Born into service 16-year-old Juliet Harper has always idolised her mother Agnes. But Agnes is haunt..

Sep McGilby always said that Emily Kennedy had a happy face. And at 16 Emily had a lot to be glad ab..

Oxford Street London 1915Sally Harper quietly battles to keep Harpers afloat in the difficult days o..

With her dreams of dominating Melbourne's fashion scene in tatters Nella Martini returns to Torrente..

1943 and The Bluebird Girls are at the top of their game. They are touring with ENSA visiting army b..

Living on the edge of the beautiful Norfolk Broads with her father the only ripple in Tess Delamere'..

Liverpool 1941. After German bombs shatter the life Cadi has built for herself in Liverpool she is m..

August 1955. Janice Butler is working as a waitress at her mother?s Blackpool boarding house before ..

1952: Ellen Kingsley travels to Gildersleve Hall in Cambridgeshire to work for renowned scientist Ma..

March 1941. After Flo Butterworth loses everything in Manchester's Christmas Blitz she decides to le..

Manchester 1922. Molly Watson has had enough. Engaged for the last three years to a penny-pinching p..

June 1914. Edie Moore is a Governess for Lord and Lady Moreland living comfortably at the grand Down..

A new century brings change to Eden Harris's ordered world. Despite years of service to the Bradbury..

1938. As England awaits the outbreak of war Juliet Winterton journeys from the Mediterranean to the ..

London 1913. The shop girls of Harpers Emporium on Oxford Street are happy in their work and their l..

A young family has to relocate from the countryside to Hull looking for work. They find somewhere to..

The hedonism of London in the roaring twenties is a world away from Annabel Tarleton's ordinary coun..

Someone had once told Emma Molinero the daughter of an itinerant carnival performer that she was mad..

York 1852. When Caroline Lawson becomes a young widow her grief is deepened by the loss of her farm...