Mary Jane Staples

In the Devon village of Ashleigh, David Adams meets Kate Trimble, an orphan who lives with her aunt. Their friendship develops over the summer, and David is able to help Kate after an incident which shocks everyone and emphasises the darker side of war.  Book 15 of series.

In 1941, Winston Churchill rallied the United Kingdom to stand alone against Hitler and his troops. The Adams family shared the determination of the Prime Minister, even though the family had their own problems and tragedies to cope with.  Book 14 of series.

Anne von Korvacs flees, with her children, from Vienna to Britain after Hitler’s tanks roll into the capital. Carrying a secret that must be smuggled out of the country, Anne and her family face a journey that will separate loved ones who can only hope for a reunion in London.

In 1940 members of the Adams family are caught up in the war in France. Father and son escape to England from Dunkirk but nephew Bobby is injured and trapped. Can he make his escape?  Book 12 of series.

Sammy has always had an eye for business and is determined to expand the family enterprise. But as his mighty empire grows, his assistant Susie Brown has plans of her own... Susie has always adored Sammy and has decided that he will be the man she marries. But marriage doesn't figure in Sammy's plans. Will he fall into line? Does he stand a chance against a determined woman and the rest of the Adam's family?  Book 3 of series

Emily had been a quite horrible child, she had been the bane of Mrs Adams and her children who lived next door. But Emily grown-up was a different matter. She was still a cockney girl, but now she had a certain elegance, a style. The fighting toughness was still there - and she needed it. For Boots, back from the trenches, was blind, and Emily was to prove the mainstay, the breadwinner, and the love of his life..  Book 2 of series.

Tim Parkes was three when his parents were killed in a train crash and he went to live with his Aunt May. They managed splendidly - and then came the war. When Tim enlists and is posted to Suffolk, he isn't too pleased. Minnie Beavers was wildly in love with Tim and determined to marry him the minute she was old enough. Tim was equally determined to escape and find another girl. By the time Tim has gone away to fight and Minnie has joined the WAAF, a great many things had changed in both their lives...  Book 6 of series.

An impetuous decision to marry has left the young Lady Caroline widowed and with two estates in her name. Her younger sister is falling in love with a man who is notoriously unfaithful, but refuses to believe it. And so Caroline hires the charming Captain Burnside to distract her. He seems the perfect man to tear Annabelle away from her infatuation. But things don’t go quite according to plan…

Young Maisie Gibbs is happy to find a position as a housemaid in Kensington after her parents pass away. Then tragedy strikes the Fairfax household and Maisie is thankful for the support of handsome Corporal Daniel Adams.  Book 29 of series.

Sammy Adams is always on the look-out for a new business opportunity. When he hears from his son David about the new-fangled supermarkets that are becoming all the rage in America, he immediately starts looking for a suitable site in South London. Meanwhile, legacies of the last war continue to haunt the Adams family. The mystery of Katje Galicia, the Polish woman who knows something of Sir Edwin Finch's past, becomes a major police enquiry while a beautiful German girl appears, bringing wartime memories back to Tim Adams and his wife Felicity. Meanwhile the younger members of the Adams family are starting to spread their wings.  Book 23 of series.

Jim Cooper, back from the trenches, befriends two runaway orphans and decides to take them in. He finds them all lodgings with Miss Rebecca Pilgrim, a very private lady, who gradually thaws out under the influence of her new lodgers.  Book 4 of series.

It is 1944, and the Adams family, along with the rest of the people of the United Kingdom, are beginning to weary of the seemingly never-ending war against Hitler's Germany. Bobby Somers and Helene, living dangerously in the French countryside with a group of Resistance fighters, find themselves in great peril. Boots returns from the war in Italy, to the delight of Polly and their two little rascals, twins James and Gemma - but he brings with him a German prisoner who has a horrifying story to tell of the concentration camps. And while Sammy and Susie Adams are keeping the family business going as best they can during the privations of wartime London, their son Daniel catches the eye of a lively young American girl who brings a welcome breath of fresh air to the Adams household, so many of whose younger members are doing their bit for the war in various far-flung places of the world.

As plans for the long-awaited invasion of France get under way there is excitement and danger, but love continues to blossom in the most difficult of circumstances.  Book 17 of series.