All her short life eleven-year old Rose Webster has encountered closed doors. Growing up in the slum..

In 1960 Kate Freeman daughter of the inimitable Rose Webster goes to London to follow her dream of b..

Josie Clark is a loving wife and mother. She and her husband Jeff don’t have much and it’s often..

Durham:1920s. Ella's happy childhood in Swan Island is abruptly ended when her father dies leaving ..

Annabel Buchanan has it all. At least that's what she likes people to think. But Annabel's carefully..

Frank Derrick is 81. And he's just been run over by a milk float. It was tough enough to fill the ho..

It's 1986 and Jack Sheffield returns to Ragley village school for his tenth rollercoaster year as he..

Iris is getting old. A widow her days are spent living quietly and worrying about her granddaughter ..

Each month best friends Claudia Sal Ella and Laura meet for drinks celebrating 45 years of friendshi..

Flirtatious straight-talking Jo Gold says she’s got no time for love; she’s determined to save h..

Six months on from the loss of her daughter and Magnolia's heart isn't any closer to healing. So whe..

Alison Hart is a medium by trade. She and her cynical assistant the slender flint-hearted Colette tr..

Young George Ferrier's frivolous jaunt in London ends with an unexpected encounter with the wealthy ..

When Lewis Harley has a health scare in his early forties he takes it as a wake-up call. So he and h..

A takeaway TV and tea with two sugars is about as exciting as it gets for thirty-something Sophie St..

1961. Journalist Rosamund Bailey is ready to change the world. When she meets explorer and man about..

When Verne Raydon marries Robert it is purely for money and he knows it. Verne despises him yet take..

The death of the King’s son aboard the doomed White Ship left the ageing Henry I again without an ..

March 1912. Twenty-four-year-old Elspeth Dunn a published poet and a fisherman's wife has never seen..

When Sally Westwood moves into a large Victorian house that she has been left by a stranger she is u..

Hilary Hammond and Colette O'Mahony have been friends since childhood but when irrepressible Jonatha..

Three years ago Bella Castle left her home town nursing a broken heart over Dominic Thane the man sh..

Susie Moran founded her own highly profitable company and now her three daughters are all involved. ..

Everyone knows about the Cambridge Spies from the 1950s but no spy ring was ever unearthed at Oxford..

Iris Black falls for Johnny Fenwick but decides she wants more from life than becoming his wife and ..

Things are heating up in the village of Turnham Malpas. Now comfortably settled in the Big House Joh..

Alice Rose is a foundling discovered on the Yorkshire moors above Haworth. Adopted but then later re..

Helena Clurey seemed to have all that life could possible offer; Simon her devoted husband sufficien..

What comes to mind when you picture a wedding at Christmas? A gorgeous white dress accessorised with..

Always on the periphery looking on young Frankie Howe was never quite sure enough of herself to take..

Barbara - a child of the Blitz - has more secrets than she cares to admit. She has protected her chi..

When a set of Russian oligarchs are assassinated in London the Russian expat community become anxiou..

Jamie Tulloch is a successful exec at a top tech company but he has a secret. He's had a helping han..

Jenna and Jack Moore have moved their family to Wales for a fresh start. For vivacious happy-go-luck..

Life has been tough for village midwife Zara. Recently divorced and living with her grandmother Zara..

Roberta likes to collect the letters and postcards she finds in second-hand books. When her father g..

He wanted her to pose as his fiancée - for seven dramatic days which changed the course of her life..

Can you imagine keeping a secret so devastating you couldn’t even tell the people you love? Honorâ..

Beth Rachel and Lindy are looking for new beginnings. Beth is planning her sister's wedding via Skyp..

Twenty years. One secret. A promise never to tell. . . Nikki finally owns the little coastguard cott..

When Evie's father falls desperately ill she finally returns to the family home on Orkney and the wi..

It is almost a year since Sean and Thea met and it's been a roller-coaster ride: they're getting mar..

World War II has separated Isobel Johnson from her friends. The last thing she wants is to inherit L..

Lori Maddox chooses to spend the year after university travelling and visits China where she finds c..

In what is surely Molly Clavering's most autobiographical novel two middle-aged women writers close ..

Gertie has always had her head in the clouds wondering what her life might be like if she could only..

As City Girl Devlin Delaney’s iconic gym and spa prepares to mark a big anniversary her best frien..

When 14-year-old Sophie Monroe suddenly vanishes one night it looks at first as though she’s run a..

Italy 1945. British and American troops attempt to bring order to the devastated country and Italyâ€..

Haworth West Yorkshire 1848. Branwell Brontë - unexhibited artist unacknowledged writer sacked rail..

Why has Justine Cantrell suddenly changed her name abandoned the husband and family she loves and a ..

Russia is struggling to defeat Ukraine on the battlefield. But can it win the war for influence? Aug..

While clearing out the rectory's loft Reverend Peter Harris makes an unsettling discovery and a dark..

In June 1837 the 18-year-old Victoria wakes up to find that she is Queen of the most powerful nation..

It’s a time of turmoil for the village of Turnham Malpas…Peter and Caroline Harris live a comfor..

Best friends May Lara and Clare are desperate for a holiday. But when they arrive in Ren Dullem it s..

You’re engaged to a good-looking successful man who adores you. You’re on a countdown to the wed..

Libby helps a stranger and transforms her life in the process. Libby and her husband Jason have move..

Marian Lescher's steady if predictable life in her native Chicago is upended when she is unexpectedl..

After her soldier husband is seriously injured and her marriage begins to fall apart Meredith Cordin..

Annie Howarth is living a restless life in a restless town. The mining strikes mean tensions are alr..

It is spring in 1963 and George Smiley has left the Circus. With the wreckage of the West's spy war ..

Dorset 1965. Twenty-five-year-old aspiring artist Marilyn longs to escape to London but her family r..

Seagulls in the Attic left Tessa thrilled as Annie her best friend from London fell in love and marr..

Juliet Joyce has been happily married for 25 years. But with two children who treat the house like a..

When Cassie accepts a job as companion to an old lady in a remote Lancashire village she hopes for a..

Tilly Parker needs a fresh start fresh air and a fresh attitude if she is ever to leave the past beh..

The Davies family is as dysfunctional as they come. When Frank marries a younger woman Susan his ten..

Falling in love is never seamless... Phoebe Baker has two passions in life: vintage dresses and her ..

Now that Nell’s three sons are in work and becoming more independent she’s ready to build a new ..

Josie's life is absolutely completely fine. Nice husband brilliant best friend a gorgeous kid at uni..

Thea's parents have split up but still seem to be together. Both her siblings are Smug Marrieds. But..

The story opens with Harry Clifton and his wife Emma rushing to hospital to learn the fate of their ..

Professional killers are carrying out hits for the Iranian government across the European continent ..

Sara Monteith makes an ideal correspondent for Hugo Jamieson brother of her lost love Ivo killed in ..

Clemency Smittson was adopted as a baby and the only connection she has to her birth mother is a car..

When Harry Clifton is elected the new president of English PEN he immediately launches a campaign fo..