Marcia Willett

First called 'The Birdcage' by Felix, the strange quirky household in Bristol is where Lizzie lived as a child with her flamboyant mother, Angel. Felix himself lived in his family home on Exmoor, Michaelgarth, with his wife and son. Many years later Lizzie visits Michaelgarth and finds a family in trouble, needing her help to heal themselves.

Nest and Mina still live at Ottercombe, their beautiful childhood home in Devon, and take great delight in visits from their nieces and nephews. When their frail older sister comes for a lengthy stay, memories of their past start to revisit them.

Henry Morley knows that good fortune have given him his wife and his family home. After converting the stables into cottages he is delighted to welcome a group of occupants, but as the recession starts to bite disaster strikes!

Three couples living in the heart of Dartmoor turn to each other in a time of need and learn important lessons in life. Quentin and Clemmie fear the onset of old age; Phillida and Alistair are struck by a great sorrow; and whilst Claudia and Jeff may appear the perfect couple they are hiding from the truth of their marriage.

Twenty-five years after giving up a successful ballet career after a tragic accident, Mim finds history repeating itself: Daisy, her protégé, is suffering from injury and is sent to Mim’s family home in Cornwall. There she begins an affair with Mim’s brother.

After the death of her father, El moves into his home just outside Tavistock in Devon. Fresh out of university and dangling on the precipice of adulthood she questions what it is she really wants from life. Although her childhood friend, Will, is there to help her through her grief she soon realises there were things her father was hiding from her...

Jules is also mourning Martin, but they thought best to keep their relationship secret, she must now grieve entirely alone. All she has to remember her love are the memories of their time spent at a beautiful community garden and teashop nearby. The Garden House is where they met, fell in love and where their secret affair will inevitably be uncovered. 

Paradise has been home to generations of Trevannians. Honor Trevannian, frail and bedridden, is very distressed at the arrival of a young American and asks her grand-daughter to find a cache of letters. After her death, the family faces revelations which could tear them apart.

The three siblings are now leaving Cornwall to lead their own lives, but Freddy feels that she must always have 'The Keep' ready should they ever need to return.

At the end of the row of fishermen's cottages by the harbour's edge, stands an old granite house. First it belonged to Ned's parents; then Ned dropped anchor here after a life at sea and called it home. His nephew Hugo moved in too, swapping London for the small Cornish fishing village where he'd spent so many happy holidays. It's a refuge - and now other friends and relations are being drawn to the the house by the sea.

Among them is Dossie, who's lonely after her parents died and her son remarried. And cousin Jamie, who's coming home after more than a year, since his career as an RAF pilot was abruptly cut short. Both have to adjust to a new way of life. As newcomers arrive and old friends reunite, secrets are uncovered, relationships are forged and tested, and romance is kindled. For those who come here find that the house by the harbour wall offers a warm welcome, and - despite its situation at the very end of the village - a new beginning...

For Kit, the quiet Devon village she visits every year is the ideal getaway. But this summer, she arrives with a heart in turmoil: years have passed since Kit last saw Jake, but now he has written asking to meet again. For renowned actor Sir Mungo, his quiet home in the village provides the perfect retreat. As the summer unfolds, hidden truths are uncovered that will shatter the sleepy community. But those involved soon realize that the only way to move forward might be to confront the past . . .

Life at The Keep changes for ever in 1957 when Fliss, Mole and Susanna arrive to live with their grandmother after being orphaned in Kenya.

Clio is staying with her godmother at Hester's remote house on Exmoor. Jonah, visiting the area, chances upon the house where his mother stayed during the war. As the young couple become close, Hester realises that she must tell them about the past before it is too late.

After her husband dies, Cara no longer wishes to live in their London home. On impulse, she sells it and goes to stay with her brother in Salcombe, Devon. There, she begins to look back at her life and reflect on the choices that have led her to this moment. 

Cosmo has also escaped - temporarily - from his life in the city, finding the south-west a relaxing and appealing fit, especially when he meets local girl, Amy. But is he being entirely truthful about what he's left behind?

Just out of uni, Sam has passed the Admiralty Interview Board and is set to follow in his naval father's footsteps. His future is secure - but he feels cast adrift. With doubts and loosening family connections worrying him, an impartial new friend could be just the thing he needs.

When Mathilda Rainbird bequeaths her house to three relatives, she brings together a group of people with little in common, but all sharing a need to belong.

Busy mum of twins Liv is looking forward to a week at the Beach Hut in Devon, even if she feels that something's not right between her and Matt. She's sure he's just too busy at work to join them on their summer holiday, not that he wants time alone… Baz loves having his family to stay by the sea, but when an unexpected guest arrives, he finds himself torn between the past and the future… Still reeling from a break-up, all Sofia wants is a quiet summer - until she meets Baz and her plans are turned upside down. She knows she's rushing into things, but could this week at the Beach Hut be the start of something new? And back home, Matt might be missing Liv and the children, but when an old friend appears he finds himself distracted... As tensions rise over seven days in summer, the lives of the holidaymakers begin to take an unexpected turn…

When Mattie invites her old friend Tim to stay in her family cottage on Dartmoor, she senses there is something he is not telling her. As Tim begins to open up, Mattie, who has loved him in silence for years, falls deeper in love. And as summer warms the wild landscape, new hopes begin to bloom...

Childhood friends and cousins Leo and Alice had imagined their whole lives playing out on their beloved Devon beach. But one night when they are teens, sitting on the sand beneath the stars, Alice tells Leo a secret that must never be shared with anybody else . . . then packs her bag and flees. Leo is left to build his own life - without Alice. He surrounds himself with other family and friends and on the whole is content and fulfilled. But he is left with a sense of what - or who - is missing. So decades later, when he receives a note from Alice asking if she can come home, he doesn't hesitate to agree. But as the stars align and their reunion draws near, Leo is left to consider their separation and what so many years apart means for a relationship solidified in youth and a secret which could affect the whole family.

George marries Thea, twenty years his junior, after abandoning a long-standing affair with formidable Felicity. At first, their new life in Devon is harmonious – until Felicity comes to visit.

Maudie Todhunter expects strong objections from her late husband's family when she decides to sell her farmhouse, Moorgate. After a particular week in winter they all decide that it is the people who really matter not the place.

Nearly thirty years after the Chadwick children first arrived to live with their grandmother, her house, now run by Fliss, remains a sanctuary for the whole family.