Elvi Rhodes

Recovering from a broken heart, Frances moves to Beck Farm in the Yorkshire Dales, planning to open a guest house. She lavishes care and attention on the ancient house and at the same time rebuilds her own life.

The whole family gather to celebrate Poppy's eightieth birthday, but little do they realise what an extraordinary and sometimes shocking life she has led!

Sequel to 'Madeleine' ( 3289). Marriage to a rich wool baron, brings a host of unforeseeable problems to blight their future.

Eighteen-year-old Madeleine Bates worked as a housemaid at Mount Royd, the aflluent Parkinson family home. But Madeleine was not the kind of young woman you could overlook, and when Leon Bonneau, the son of a French wool baron - came to stay, he noticed the dignity and beauty of the young housemaid. From that moment on the lives of everyone at Mount Royd began to change, and Madeleine stepped forward into a new and challenging future. Contains an explicit rape scene.

An unexpected legacy brought Petra to the village of Mindon, where the locals were welcoming and she soon felt part of the community. A mystery from the past started to haunt her and she was determined to solve the puzzle.

Born plain Dora in a bleak northern town, her future was all too predictable. At eighteen she moved south, gave herself a new name, Chloe, and glimpsed a life of wealth and power that she believed could be hers.