Will a long-hidden secret ruin one woman's hard-won happiness?When lovely Laura Chapman wakes up to find herself destitute in a London workhouse with all her belongings stolen, she cannot imagine how she will ever get over the shame. An orphan newly arrived from India, Laura is at the mercy of Jack Plant, the workhouse overseer, whose intentions are far from honorable. Distraught and penniless, Laura is taken in by the poor by kindly Taylor family and, determined to pay her way, becomes a factory girl at Beresford's Silk Mill where she comes to the attention of Alex Beresford, the talented engineer son of the factory owner. It begins to seem as if love and happiness are still possible for a girl whose life has been blighted by sorrow—until the day Jack Plant appears to threaten her newfound security by revealing the secret she has tried so hard to keep.

Product Description: Rachel Gardner's family life is far from a happy one. Her father, Stanhope, is cold and remote and her mother Nellie seems to care for nothing but housework. Then, one day, Stanhope collapses in the street and dies - and the façade he had built up carefully for so many years is revealed as a sham...read more

Product Description: Newly widowed after a whirlwind wartime romance, Stella Nolan is preparing to meet her late husband’s family for the first time. But not all her new in-laws are prepared to offer Stella a warm welcome. The war has left a bitter legacy and at Warren’s End Stella finds a family riven with tension, disappointments, shameful secrets and bitter quarrels...read more

Product Description: When Hannah Fox's younger brother Sam is ridden down in the street by Thomas Truswell, the spoilt son of the most powerful industrialists in Sheffield, she sets off to the Truswell's estate to complain. Lady Truswell is taken with the hot-tempered young girl who has come to demand an apology of her son...read more

Just after the outbreak of World War One, an old family secret wrecks Sally Stansgate's hopes of marriage to Tim, the man she loves, and estranges her from her family. Sally believes the chance of happiness is hers once more when she falls in love with a young shipwright, Sam Bridges - but he goes off to war just when she needs him most. With Sam fighting in the trenches beside Tim, her former love, Sally struggles to make a life for herself and her child until he returns. Yet there are further tragedies to overcome and conflicts to be resolved before she can achieve her heart's desire...

After the death of her mother, Mollie Barnes was lucky to be taken in by her Aunt Rose, even if her Aunt has never hidden her resentment towards her. But when she finds out the real truth about her parentage, Mollie decides she deserves a better life and sets out to get it, whatever the cost...

Product Description: A poignant tale of family and friendship from an ever-popular library author - East Anglia, 1880s. Unwanted thirteenth child Jemima is brought up in poverty, whilst her twin Sophie is taken to live with a kind aunt. Sophie grows up spoiled, disliking her clever sister...read more

Found as a baby wrapped in a luxurious blue velvet cloak, Joanna was brought up by the cruel farmer who found her, and put to work on his land just as soon as she could walk. Despite such hardship, Jo dreams of a reunion with her true mother, convinced that she must be a fine lady. When local factory owner Abraham Silkin decides that she has the potential to make him a good wife, Jo believes her dreams are finally coming true, but she hasn't bargained on her forbidden attraction to Abraham's godson!