When her beloved father dies Manon Jenkins is left homeless and alone. She longs for Caradoc Jones s..

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

Hampshire 1940. Ellie Simpson is attached to an Air Transport Auxiliary base in Hampshire. Life as a..

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

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

In Western Australia Sarah chuckles as she describes her final will and testament - which will throw..

1937. Alice Edith and Marg face hardships every day growing up on one of the poorest streets in Blac..

Australia 1853. Settled in the colony Ellen is determined to make a happy new life for her family an..

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

Charlotte knew nothing of her parents except that they'd died when she was a child. And when her aun..

East London 1915. While the man she loves is away fighting Lily Larkin wakes up at dawn to carry cra..

Sunderland 1944. As the promise of victory draws closer this Christmas will surely be one to remembe..

Rory Connor was a gambling man and he had a gambler's luck. From the day he was born his mother had ..

High above the river stood the small terrace of miners' cottages known as Fenwick Houses. And here d..

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

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

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

London 1910. Lily is ten years old when she realises her grandmother a washerwoman is seriously ill...

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

London, July 1939. Elizabeth Roby lives a content and privileged life in London with husband Jonatha..

Since the death of her parents orphan Ann Felton has had to struggle to survive. The grimy and gruel..

London 1923. Cyril Black is finally out of prison. Rather than going home to his wife and son he vis..

A life of poverty in a cramped pit cottage is all that 17-year-old Ruby Dinsdale has known. Even wit..

As Christmas approaches Alice Edith and Marg continue to face hardships growing up on one of the poo..

Lancashire 1930s. When her mother dies leaving her an old sewing box and a clue to her father's iden..

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

White Waltham 1943. As Italy surrenders and victory looms on the horizon Ellie's doing what she does..

Lou Channer wants a life outside of North Devon somewhere she's never left. She yearns to contribute..

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

Young Charlotte Mortimer loves her job teaching the poor children in the local school and she is hap..

Louise Polmar begs her former nanny to care for her baby then she flees. Ella grows up unaware that ..

Seventeen-year-old Ruth Hardy works long hours at Grange Paper Works with her younger sister Bea. Wh..

The final breathtaking part on The Trenwith Trilogy from Rosie Clarke The war has changed everythin..

Rosie Burrows loves being part of the Foyles team, and outwardly, she's a happy young woman, engaged..

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

Coming up 16 Tilly Trotter is different from the other girls in her village. Tall for her age and co..

Ireland 1851. After enduring years of the devastating potato famine Ellen Kittrick is a survivor. To..

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

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

Dora Fairweather wasn't cut out to be a wife and mother, and as soon as she's able, she turns her ba..

Kenna arrives in Sydney to surprise her best friend shocked to hear she's going to marry a guy she's..