An emotionally compelling family saga about second chances and regaining one’s spirit.Newly widowed after a forty-year marriage, Margaret Wright is finding it hard to adjust to independence, having been stifled for so long by her overbearing, controlling husband. Is she up to the challenge?Margaret’s decision to make a fresh start by redecorating her home has unexpected consequences when talented interior designer Jason Parker enters her life. Her growing closeness to a man twenty years younger than herself causes increasing tension among her family and friends. But having only just attained her longed-for freedom, is Margaret falling into another trap? If she rushes headlong into a new relationship, is she in danger of making the same mistakes all over again?

A moving saga of conflicted family loyalties and late-flowering passion set in 1970s' Liverpool.Liverpool, 1973. Reluctantly, widow Jenny Langton decides to downsize, swapping the spacious family home she shared with her late husband for a one-bedroomed retirement flat at Merseyside Mansions.It’s difficult enough attempting to start anew at her age, but the antics of her wayward granddaughter Karen, and her disastrous choice of men, threaten to drive Jenny to distraction. Finally conceding that Karen must make her own mistakes in life, Jenny determines to move on and no longer interfere.Just as she’s settling into Merseyside Mansions and making new friends, Karen’s reappearance threatens to de-rail Jenny’s carefully-constructed new life and cause problems with her fellow residents. Her relationship with her granddaughter tested to the limit, Jenny must decide whether she should allow family loyalty to stand in the way of her future happiness – particularly now she’s about to embark on a late-flowering love affair …

Liverpool, 1924. Racing to meet her fiancé in her father's new-fangled motor car, Penny Forshaw knocks over a little girl and - much to her fiancé's disapproval - feels it her duty to take in six-year-old Kelly while she recovers. But little did Penny anticipate the challenges and responsibilities of looking after a child from the slums, and Kelly's miserable, poverty-stricken existence opens Penny's eyes to a world she never knew existed.Her relationship with her fiancé Arnold under strain, Penny's decision to take in young Kelly will change her life in ways she could never have expected. She wanted to give Kelly a better chance in life - but it may be Kelly who changes Penny's life for the better.

Maureen Flynn is a woman with a secret. Sixteen years earlier, when she was a schoolgirl, something terrible happened to her. But the perpetrators of the shocking crime went unpunished. Maureen and her family left town, the affair was hushed up, and Maureen carved a new life for herself. Until now.A bitter rejection revives Maureen’s long-suppressed memories, causing her to embark on a terrible quest for vengeance.Meanwhile, Detective Inspector Ruth Morgan and her team are baffled by a string of murders that have taken place in their quiet little town. In the past few weeks, four successful men in their mid-thirties have been stabbed to death, their corpses brutally defiled. It’s up to Ruth to find the link between the victims – and hunt down a ruthless killer before it’s too late.

"If you marry him then you are no longer a daughter of mine and I shall disown you." In spite of her father's threat, Sheila Maxwell decides to give up everything to follow her heart. However, her new life with Joe is anything but easy; although he is handsome and charming, he never manages to hold down a job for very long and they soon find themselves sinking ever faster into poverty. The birth of their son should be a joyous occasion, but Sheila fears for him amongst the filth and despair of the slums of Cardiff. And when Joe is involved in a robbery and badly injured Sheila is faced with a devastating truth. Can her love for Joe survive, and will she be able to provide a better future for herself and her son?

Product Description: When Ruth’s father is invalided out of the war in April 1918 and unable to work, the family has no option but to move to Cardiff’s infamous Tiger Bay area. But Ruth and her mother share a secret that no one else must ever know.

An enthralling new saga set in Liverpool from the author of Love Against All Odds. When Molly’s father returns from the war a broken man, the whole family is forced to move into the slums of Liverpool. Despite many difficulties, Molly is determined to make a better life for herself, hoping that one day she’ll find love. But abused by a man she trusted and estranged from the boy who was once her best friend, Molly wonders if this dream will ever come true. When her father is killed in a fight and her mother turns to drink in her sorrow, Molly finds herself the only wage earner. She tries to take care of her mother and younger sister, Jodie. But when a fire destroys their home, not only do Molly and Jodie lose their mother, but they find themselves homeless and with a very bleak future ahead of them.

When Gaynor's God-fearing father drives her childhood sweetheart away, she's certain she will never love again. But a young German soon helps her to forget her sorrows. Until, with war looming, he must return home and Gaynor is left heartbroken once more.

Karen and Tudor have moved from a small mining community to the bustle of Cardiff in search of a new life. Tudor longs to be a star entertainer and so Karen gets a job, leaving her husband to look after their young daughter, Delia. One day, Tudor is arrested for begging and Karen is horrified to learn that he has been busking during the day.

Young Megan Williams has come to Liverpool in search of work and a fresh start. She soon joins her father at Walker's Shipping Company. She has fallen deeply in love with Miles Walker. One fateful day, Megan learns that Miles is not the man she thought he was. Heartbroken but determined to get on with her life, but will she ever love again?

Finding herself pregnant, Julia is forced to leave home rather than bring shame on her family. Reduced to living in the slums of Liverpool, she eventually finds work in a hotel where Eunice Hawkins, the manager's wife, is also expecting. For a while, Julia dares to hope for a better life for herself and her unborn child. But soon tragedy strikes.

When all hope is gone, are dreams enough? After losing both her parents, sixteen-year-old Merrion Roberts is left to bring up her baby sister. Unable to cope alone, she teams up with Rhonda Rees, a trained milliner, who also has a young baby. They share rooms in notorious Tiger Bay in Cardiff, struggling to make ends meet.

Abbie's mother is an alcoholic who cannot provide the love that Abbie craves. Abbie and her brother Sam often stay with the neighbours whilst the mother drinks. One day Abbie vows that she will escape the squalor of their Liverpool home and her friends promise to come with her.

When Patsy's father is killed in an accident and Maeve, her mother, returns to her drinking binges, Billy, who is in love with Patsy, helps her to keep the business going. But, Patsy is madly in love with Bruno Alvarez. She brings him home on her 16th birthday to meet Maeve. He stays the night and next morning, Patsy finds them in bed together.

When l4-year old Sara rescues her sister, Myfanwy, from the fire, which kills their mother, little does she realise the burden of responsibility she is taking on. Her father is perceived as strict and moral by everyone in the village. But as Sara struggles to look after Myfanwy and their home she discovers the depths of cruelty he is capable of.