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…
It is late summer in East Sussex, 1914. Amidst the season’s splendour, fiercely independent Beatrice Nash arrives in the coastal town of Rye to fill a teaching position at the local grammar school. There she is taken under the wing of formidable matriarch Agatha Kent, who, along with her charming nephews, tries her best to…
A nine-year-old girl dies on her way to ballet class class, caught in outlaw biker crossfire. Violence is spilling on to the streets of Montreal and Dr Temperance Brennan, forensic anthropologist for the state, has to pick up the pieces. She knows she shouldn’t let emotion get in the way of her role as scientist,…