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There is no joy in Helen Merlin's household, no love. Her mother cowers to her severe and controlling father and Helen tries to follow suit.

Recently widowed, Hannah Firth is still young enough to dream of a new life.

'Twopenny rainbows' continues the story of the younger sisters of Keara Michaels, the heroine of 'A Pennyworth of Sunshine', following their fortunes from nineteenth-century Ire

Travel back to 1924 and experience the early days of group settlement in Northcliffe with Maggie Spencer, sharing her joys and sorrows.

When a new feature on Pete Newbury's popular TV programme shows his adult image digitally transformed to that of a young child, Beth is shocked to realise he's her 'baby' brothe

Meet the Corrigans. Childless Maeve, rich and successful, is dying of cancer. She wants to leave her business empire to one of the offspring of her two estranged brothers, Des and Leo.

Two woman embark on separate personal voyages of self-discovery, they meet new people and forge bonds that will reinforce for both of them the value of family connections.

Life in 1905 is hard for the illegitimate Mary Ann. It rapidly becomes worse when her new stepfather begins to interfere with her.

Taking a job in a munitions factory during the first World War, Lizzie Kershaw finds independence from her abusive soldier husband and the promise of a new love, which is compromised by her husband

In 1820 Salem Street is sparkling and new: eight small terraced houses built by a Lancashire mill owner for his best workers.

Frederick Hallam is dying, yet he is sure to make secret plans to smooth the future for his beloved wife Annie.

A string of gruesome, ritualistic murders of Hungarian immigrants has the Thames River Police Commander stuck on solving the pattern in the latest installment of the New York Times bestselling Will

Spurred by holiday cheer and a surprise hidden in Christmas pudding, an elderly aristocrat tries to right a past wrong by solving a decade-old murder in the latest Christmas novella from New York T

Murders just didn't happen in respectable areas like Callander Square - and yet, there had been two in a short space of time. But Charlotte Pitt was curious.

The Ellison sisters were proper young Victorian ladies. In the foggy streets outside their peaceful home, five women were found horribly murdered.