Agnes Cavanah has watched her mother Kitty struggle to put food on the table ever since they crossed..

1945 Sunderland. Ida Boulter makes the heart-wrenching decision to leave her five children behind as..

Even as a child Barbara was beautiful but as her beauty grew so did the affliction which shadowed it..

Holderness 1988. Elizabeth Foster has lived in Tillington all her life. She knows everything about t..

Prudence Dudley was a woman who appeared to have everything: an undeniably attractive woman who had ..

Glasgow WW2. Despite being shy and reserved Jeannie finds herself newly engaged to Arthur the day wa..

Proud and canny ignorant and intensely ambitious Hannah Massey is a born ruler. Her kingdom may only..

Manchester 1940. By day Betty works cheerfully with her best friend Sally now the manager of the sal..

Lancashire 1929. Holcombe Hall's enigmatic owner has passed away and as the roaring 20s come to an e..

Immerse yourself in the Harpers Emporium in the roaring 20s - a time of prosperity, optimism, and ch..

Thomas Mallen of High Banks Hall had many sons most of them bastards. But to all of them he passed o..

Holcombe Hall 1931. Florrie Bickerstaff has finally settled in as the new Housekeeper of Holcombe Ha..

In the Nightingale Hospital Matron?Helen?finds herself playing surrogate mother to her newly discove..

Seventeen-year-old Elise Bouchard has always called Northern France home. But when her English fathe..

When the Gallachers received an invitation from the Duke of Moorshire to attend an evening at Lea Ha..

July 1942. Newlywed Bobby Atherton has barely had time to experience married life with her airman hu..

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

1890. Alice is the sole bread-winner for her family working at the local cotton mill. But when she s..

England 1940s. Minnie has spent most of her life feeling like a plain Jane watching things happen ar..

London 1941. The war has robbed eight-year-old orphan Elsie of everything except her older brother J..

1950. Seventeen-year-old Josephine Cliffe and her younger sister Eliza have the perfect lives wantin..

Lancashire 1936. With her son Gabriel finally married and her youngest following his dreams of becom..

It?s 1957 and three young women are beginning their nursing training at the Florence Nightingale Hos..

Gilly Jenkins is the third generation to bake for her family firm. Also on Bread Street in the same ..

The war to end all wars has come to an end and Nell Tanner is overjoyed to have her father home. But..

BLACKPOOL 1914. Seventeen-year-old Maddie has grown up in a boarding house on one of Blackpool's poo..

Now that her brood had left the nest Fanny McBride a large cheerful and indomitable Tyneside widow h..

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

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

When Mara Gregory receives a letter from the father whom she believed to have died when she was a ch..

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

When Lucy's estranged mother dies unexpectedly her grief is overwhelming. Lucy was disowned when she..

Harry Blenheim wasn't what you might call a good-looking fellow but his face was full of character w..

Kent 1828. Lizzie Carey of Castle Bay is trapped in a life she never chose - endless days of cooking..

Georgina Corrigan is dead! It must be true. It has been printed in the newspapers. How does one prov..

When Charity Browne arrives at The Fitzroy Hotel on her way to a country house party she knows there..

Hopes are high at the Fitzroy Hotel on Edward VII's Coronation Day. London is full of people celebra..

Sarah is lonely. Living in a small Yorkshire village with just her grandmother for company she longs..

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

When World War II breaks out Carrie Anderson sets up a bookstall at her local train station in the h..

The final book in The Mulberry Lane Saga series from Rosie Clarke. Sweeping changes are on the hori..

Eliza Jones and her husband Bryn had a whirlwind romance and married shortly after meeting but he wa..

East London 1916. The Sanctuary Lane Animal Hospital is proving a huge success. For its founder Ruby..

Manchester 1940: the minute war was declared best friends Sally and Debs volunteered for the home gu..

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

Each generation of the Mallen family has been cursed with a dramatic white streak in their jet-black..

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

When war is declared Rosie Mitchell reluctantly returns from London to the Somerset mining town of H..

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

North Atlantic Ocean 1942. Fifteen-year-old Connie is leaving war-torn England for the safer shores ..

Sisters Alice and Annie have always been close but will a man come between them? Annie and Alice lov..

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

Orphaned Jenny and her chimney sweep brother Noah eke out life in a cellar dwelling in the heart of ..

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

In the brooding north country hills a man and a woman fought for the passion they felt for each othe..

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

Carrie Anderson's business selling books at her local train station is thriving and with her beloved..

Nan Turpin is in trouble again accused of stealing. She's guilty. Cast out by her family she turns t..

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

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

In 1860?s Yorkshire a woman?s fortune belongs to her husband - regardless of a so-called-gentleman?s..

After falling pregnant unexpectedly 16-year-old Catrin is devastated when her neglectful father send..

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

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

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

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

In A Wartime Christmas at Rookery House former cook Hettie Brown hears some shocking news making her..

Hetty Affleck is working as a maid at the prestigious Beach Hotel in Littlehampton. Her beau Lorcan ..

Spring 1942. After a difficult few years with her husband Victor Prue's life is about to change in a..

Can she escape her past and start again? Essex 1941_x000D_Unhappy with life at home with her privile..

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

Rowntree's Factory York 1935. The aroma of chocolate was as familiar to Molly Freeman as the nose on..

Glasgow 1943. After becoming pregnant out of wedlock only to find out her betrothed was already marr..

To outsiders Dr Paul Higgins' life appeared to be happy and contented. Everyone had a good word for ..

October 1940. Twenty-three-year-old Bobby Bancroft is working as a typist for a city newspaper but s..

Victoria is astonished when she discovers an abandoned newborn baby on her doorstep along with a not..

Seven years ago Charlotte Russell's father walked out on her family. Ever since the task of caring f..

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

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

In the shadows of 1887 London one woman must fight for her future - and her child's. When Amelia Spe..

It was a wartime white wedding but it was not a love match. Annie Cooper married George McCabe for o..

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

The Batleys and the Cadwells owned neighbouring farms on the beautiful wild Northumbrian coast. But ..

In Battenbun Northumberland there live four Puddleton men - Grandpop Old Popo Pop and Peter. Three o..

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

Spring 1943. After a visit to see her mother in Sussex with Ned it's time for VAD nurse Evie Jones t..

Elsie Weir is trying hard to keep her family together. Living in Kiltie Street tenement in Glasgow w..