Will a face from the past bring happiness or heartache? As a widow with a gentle temperament, Maureen Bancroft has been easy to take advantage of and has never learned the art of putting herself first. All that changes when an unexpected windfall comes her way. Determined to make up for lost time, she decides…
Alone at Christmas – will she find somewhere to call home? As Christmas approaches, seventeen-year-old runaway Kathleen stumbles through the snow, alone and about to give birth. But when she’s carried to safety by a mysterious figure, her life is set on a new path… Welcomed by the Mason family at Home Farm, Kathleen believes…
London, 1940. Winnie Berry is at the heart of the community in her pub, the Battersea Tavern. Her door is always open to those in need of a cup of tea and sympathy. Winnie’s abusive husband has left and she finds herself foolishly falling in love with black market trader, Have it Harry Hampton. But…
After the war is over Liverpool 1945. Three women – the closest of friends – return home from the war, trying to fit back into their old lives. Thrown together by conflict, they have shared the good and the bad times and now their lives seem dull in comparison. But not for long… Maggie and…
There are some things which even the closest friendship cannot survive… Neighbours Edie Kelsey and Lil Horton have been friends for over twenty years, sharing the joys and sorrows of their tough lives as the wives of fishermen in Grimsby. So it came as no surprise that their children were close and that Edie’s son,…
The second world war is over… Birmingham is welcoming home its menfolk, and a new chapter is beginning in Rachel Booker’s life. Her family is reunited and life settles into a routine – but Rachel yearns for more. Melly, Rachel’s eldest daughter, is a child of the war. She grew up in the bombed-out streets…
Christmas 1941 and the nurses are facing their toughest winter yet With every News Bulletin announcing more defeats and losses the British people are weary and demoralised and the Nightingale Hospital is suffering too. Millie is recently widowed and dealing with the demands of her family’s estate. It’s not not long before her old world…
Young Maryann Nelson is devastated by the loss of her beloved father. But more heartache is to come when her mother marries Norman Griffin, the local undertaker, in an attempt to better herself and her family. Though on the surface a caring family man, Norman is not at all what he seems – as Maryann…
All his life, Jack has been crippled by nightmares he does not understand. Jack’s relationship with his girlfriend Molly is being torn apart by the bad dreams that haunt him, drawing him back to a place where it is always midnight. Realising that Jack is being driven close to the edge, Molly urges him to…
Sunderland, 1942 Christmas is fast approaching, and with it comes a flurry of snow and surprises… Against all odds, Polly’s fiancé has finally returned home from the front line. If they can keep things on an even keel, she might get the winter wedding she’s always dreamed of. Meanwhile, shipyard manager Helen is determined to…