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In the third of a series of novels, troubles develop in the Bailey home when the three stepchildren, Mark, Katie, and Willie, and the adopted daughter, Mamie, face the addition of Bill and Fiona&#0

Fiona is a young widow left badly off with three children. She advertises for a lodger and that is when Bill Bailey comes into her life.

Only after returning from his funeral did Fiona Bailey realize how much she would miss Davey. Towards the end of his life she had discovered qualities about him she had previously overlooked.

A novel about an easy going farmer in the North of England, his disastrous marriage and his ordeal in World War One.

Set in the depressed areas of Tyneside during and after World War One, this novel highlights the difficulties experienced by participants of mixed marriages.

Set in industrial Tyneside in the 1970's. Jinny, at 21, seems to have become a general dogsbody in both her working and private life, but suddenly circumstances begin to change.

Tom Swift is approached by Mr. Preston, the owner of a circus, and begins to tell the story of Jake Poddington, Mr. Preston's most skilled hunter.

Having longed for a motorcycle, bright ingenious Tom Swift gets one unexpectedly.

Tom and his father are arguing about Tom's latest idea, a photo telephone. Mr. Swift is adamant that the idea will not work, but Tom has some ideas in mind, and refuses to back down.