Pamela Evans

Rose Brown’s husband was killed at Dunkirk and, to help her cope with her grief, she volunteers as a postwoman. After a bombing raid she rescues a young boy from a damaged house and takes him home.

Angie has everything that Molly lacks. But when Angie's father dies and leaves Molly a share in the Beckett pottery, it's on the condition that she takes a job there. Forbidden by her husband to work outside the home, she nevertheless seizes the opportunity to explore her new-found independence.

The Second World War is finally over when Lola Brown meets Harry Riggs at a dance. It is love at first sight but when Harry tells Lola that he is a policeman, her heart sinks. Lola's father is a petty criminal, and if Harry ever finds out and turns him in, it will destroy her family...Harry reluctantly accepts that Lola doesn't want to see him again, and eventually starts to find happiness without her. In the meantime, Lola encounters the eccentric Pickford sisters and sets about transforming their run-down tearooms in London's West End, only to find her own life transformed as well. Despite everything, Harry and Lola continue to feel drawn to each other, but the truth about Lola's family can't stay hidden for ever...

Tilly Dent and her daughter, Nina, run the Willow pub in Hammersmith. When Tilly's husband is killed in action it takes all their spirit and strength to pull through. After the war an army friend of Joe's visits them and is mesmerised by Nina's beauty. Baz stays with Tilly and Nina, but gradually starts to feel trapped!