Freda Lightfoot

Brenda Stuart, held in an internment camp in France during the war, believes that her son at least is safe. But when she finds that she has lost him too, her life is in complete turmoil. And her sister-in-law, Prue, has fallen in love with an Italian PoW. Can they resolve their problems and manage to rebuild their lives now that the war is at last over?

Grieving for the baby she was forced to have adopted and rejected by her family, Daisy agrees to be evacuated to the Lakes. When she meets a young airman, Harry Driscoll, she hopes to have a second chance at love, but her past is about to come back to haunt her.

In 1943 the hundreds of US marines who arrive at a quiet Cornish town are interested in making love, and making war - a recipe for disaster. After a whirlwind romance Bette Tredennick is on her way to America as a GI bride, whilst her married sister Sara is slowly falling for officer Charles Denham.

1945. Finally, peace has been declared. Cathie hardly dares believe that Alex, the fiance she has not seen for nearly two years, is coming home. And, finally, life can begin again for Cathie and the orphaned baby in her care.

But the Alex who returns is not the kind, loving man Cathie remembers. He's cold, selfish, sometimes even frightening. So Cathie has a choice: stand by him, and try to contain his violent temper? Or hold her tiny baby close...and run from the man she has yearned for.

Home is Where the Heart Is is a heart-wrenchingly, poignant new saga from Freda Lightfoot, set in the aftermath of World War II.

The war is over and Evie Talbert eagerly awaits the return of her three children from their evacuated homes. But her carefree daughters and son are barely recognisable. Her son has developed serious behavioural problems and with her daughters there’s a nervous disorder that cannot be explained. Evie’s husband also has problems. Having returned from being in action, he suffers nightmares and fits of rage. Now she must rebuild a loving home to achieve the happiness she’s always dreamed of.

World War II may be over, but Polly Pride feels as if the fighting is now in her own home. Her husband is battling ill health and her childrens' behaviour disappoints her. She risks losing everything she has worked for but she refuses to go back to their old life in Ancoats.