Judith Saxton

Questa Adamson is stranded in Italy for the duration of the Second World War. When she finally returns to England she finds that the safe childhood world she remembers has disappeared. She also finds that she has inherited a tumbledown manor house in Shropshire and is determined to restore the estate to its former glory, despite post-war austerity.

To the outside, Clare has everything: a beautiful home, a devoted husband and daughter, and plenty of money. But she is bored. Her husband Clive spends most of the year abroad, and against his wishes, Clare takes a job managing a café. Her ambition is to experience real life, to escape the imaginary feelings that plague her. But when a handsome stranger walks through the door, there is nothing imaginary about her feelings…

Set in East Anglia during the Second World War this is the delightful story of two sisters, Sybil and Lizzie Cream, and the loves that changed their lives.

Living on the edge of the beautiful Norfolk Broads with her father, the only ripple in Tess Delamere's calm life is the disturbing dream about her dead mother which haunts her. As she grows up, Tess slowly starts to put together the pieces, but the outbreak of war brings tragedy and upheaval, changing Tess's priorities.

In 1941 four very different girls, Kay, Emily, Biddy and Jo, are thrown together by war. Together they struggle to do one of the hardest jobs ever undertaken by WAAFs.